CONNECTICUT MEN
of the United States Army
Demobilization, Fort Devens, Massachusetts
January 9 to 10, 1946 STATE OF CONNECTICUT
EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS HARTFORD
To Connecticut Veterans of World War II:
Connecticut men have written brilliant pages in the military history of this nation since the days of Bunker Hill. Indeed, in days of peace Connecticut men prepared for war so well that they always have been among the first to fight.
In this, the greatest of all wars just ended, you, as a son of Connecticut, have courageously and faithfully main­tained
that tradition. In fact, you have raised it to new heights. You have added immortal names to the historic list of victories — New Georgia, Tunisia, Cassino, Anzio, Normandy, Ardennes Bulge, Hurtgen Forest, Leyte, Luzon, Ruhr Pocket, Apennines, Okinawa, and more.
Chance and talents assigned many of you to tasks along the supply routes, in hospitals and at bases, or to toil and sweat in such places as the Lido Road and along the Persian Gulf. All this made victory possible. Connecticut men, too, played a glorious role in that part of the victory which is credited in the ledgers of history for the Air Force.
Your fellow citizens in Connecticut are highly proud of your service. And they are very, very grateful.
Yours very, sincerely,
Governor
HERE ARE THEIR STORIES
Military history for the most part is written by non- combatants and the " brass" from official records, " edited" by commissioned officers. War memoirs, too, most frequently record the views and opinions of commissioned officers. Only on infrequent and exceptional occasions is war experience recorded by enlisted men, save for that by specialists or professionals. That combat looks different as between the foxhole and the regimental CP is universally agreed. These stories, without historical pretensions per se, may well be in fact unique source material for Connecticut history. These are enlisted men's stories in their own words and the GI substitutes therefor reported as near verbatim as possible. — The Editor.
Bane, Charles C, T/ 5, Btry. C, Harbor Defense of Boston, Wethersfield.
" We spent most of the time in Boston guarding the harbor in case of attack. It was routine because we saw no action. I'm on my way out and this is the day I've been waiting for a long time. I'm anxious to join the civilian ranks and to take the uniform off."
Bankowski, Steven, Cpl., Hq. Btry., 508th A. A. A. Bn., ( Sep.), Rockville.
" At Zig Zag pass, night time was al­ways
the toughest for me. It was then that the Japs tried to infiltrate the lines and knock out the outposts. I was a for­ward
observer for the artillery and was away off ahead of our gun positions all of the time. During the two weeks of fighting necessary to clear the pass I put in my worst hours as a soldier. Many times the Japs got too close for comfort and I think that if it hadn't been for the guerrillas the only news they would have got from me at headquarters would have been a big silence. I'm glad I can now say there was no Jap sniper's bullet sent over that had my tag on it."
Berg, Joseph , T/ 5, 178th Sig. Rpr. Co., Hartford.
" If it weren't for the war I'd probably never seen Europe. It's too bad that a war had to be the only way I could get to the other side of the Atlantic because they must have had fine countries over there before they were messed up. It's an experi­ence
I don't care to go through again because there was too much worry about
not being alive to talk about it. I'm just thankful I got back and I don't have any regrets that I went over."
Biondello, Ralph, Pvt., Btry. C. 549th F. A. Bn., 9th Army, Branford.
" Late last April we had rolled to about 40 miles west of Berlin when we were told that we were surrounded by Germans using about 30 American tanks. We could not move anyway because the whole bat­talion
was out of gas and our prime mo\ ers needed plenty to haul our 155 Long Toms. Our toughest problem was food, because none was getting in to us, but we solved that by raiding German supplies of food and livestock. For a week we held out like that until infantry support came up to knock out the Krauts."
Brackett, Harold W., Cpl., Co. C, 157th Inf., 45th Div., Forestville.
" When you're in the line, Europe seems to be a lousy place. However, after you get to the rear you begin to enjoy the place more because the fear of death isn't around. I guess the worst things to be under are tree bursts. A hole doesn't give you much protection from shrapnel that is coming down on you from above. From now on I'm going to be thankful that only rain and snow will fall from the sky and not shrapnel."
Brassard, Leo J., Pfc, Btry. B., 745th F. A. Bn., 9th Army, Hartford.
" On March 23d we set up a heavy bar­rage
to support the infantry crossing the Rhine. I was plenty jittery for I knew the Germans would send planes to our posi-
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tion to bomb us so that the Germans could set up a defense against the infan­try.
Sure enough they came, strafing and bombing but we were able to keep firing while the ackacks kept the planes busy. The crossing was a success except for one time when the convoys were stalled on the river because of the heavy traffic. A few men in my outfit had been hurt but none seriously."
Carlucci, Mark A., Cpl., 142d Coast Arty. Gr. ( Sep.), Stamford.
" A few days after I landed in the Pacific I had a letter from my wife telling me I was a proud father, and that was the best news I ever had over there in two years and five days. That is, except the day the news came that after six weeks of waiting, our outfit was finally to come home. I haven't anything to say about being in the Pacific as the only thing that happened to me was that I had to have five stitches taken in my hand when the beer bottle I was trying to open broke and gave me a good cut. On Christmas Day we landed in Frisco and were served a turkey dinner that poisoned 35 of the men and put the rest of us in quarantine all that day. That's a nice homecoming welcome, isn't it?"
Carocci, Albert A., Jr., T/ 5, 2d Bn., 15th Inf., 3d Div., New Haven.
" The worst time I had that I can re­member
was in October of ' 43 at the Vol ¬ untera River in Italy when we were pinned down for four days and nights on the banks while trying to get across. There were lots of attempts made to get on the other side before the crossing was finally made and during that time the Krauts really poured it on us. I was a rifleman at that time and got a real baptizing there. Shortly after that, I was told one day that I was a combat medic so I exchanged my rifle for a first aid kit. At Cassino, five of us medics
were going out to give first aid to some men when an 88 landed about two feet away and instead of giving first aid, we got it. I was sent to Caserta to a hospital and later removed to one in Naples. I stayed there for over two months until I was put on limited service and sent home to the States. I landed in New York, had a furlough, then had more treatment and afterwards was sent to Boston where I worked at the POE until last week when I came here."
Ceccarelli, Armand A., Pfc, Co. D., 320th Inf., 35th Div., Bridgeport.
" After we had relieved the 101st Air­borne
at Bastogne— and the whole divi­sion
got the Presidential Unit Citation for it— we pushed on and a few nights later we tried to find protection from the ice and snow of December 1944 in Belgium by holing up in the hay of an old barn. It was a very dark night and guys were in and out all night, but when we awoke in the morning after a pretty good but damn cold night's sleep, we found someone else had had the same idea. There were eight Krauts mixed in among our platoon."
Crudo, Anthony J., Pfc, 61st Field Hosp., ( Sep.), Stratford.
" I'll never forget the DP's we treated after liberation in Germany. They were starved, beaten and persecuted by their German captors and they couldn't believe that anyone would treat them like hu­mans
again. They were too shocked and surprised by the good treatment we gave them to say much, but their eyes showed the gratitude they felt. If the people in the States saw these DP's they would know what human suffering is and we'd have less complaints."
Giannelli, Antonio O., T/ 5, 1st Q. M. Truck Co., 9th Air Force, Waterbury.
" I was in charge of 12 trucks that had to deliver gas to Metz. We got into the city
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without trouble but on the way out it turned to be a different story. After un­loading
the gas we started back to the rear and German planes came out of the sky to knock out 7 of 12 trucks. We hit the ground because gas trucks explode whether they're full or empty. Two men were slightly injured and we piled into the remaining five trucks and got out of there as fast as possible. During the fighting, Europe was a good place to be away from, but after the war's end it turned out to be a good place because there were many places of interest to visit if you had the chance. The only chance I got was to return home and you don't have to ask if I turned it down."
Gordon, William M., Sgt., Co. L., 357th Inf., 90th Div., Bridgeport.
" The memories of my worst days over­seas
are overshadowed by my best day over there. That was on July 17, 1944, when we started our drive through France. The drive itself was not too spectacular but the preceding events were. That morn­ing
formation after formation of Allied planes came overhead to strafe and bomb the German positions that were about 1,000 yards from our front. I stood out in the open and watched this beautiful sight even though I knew it meant that that afternoon our drive would start and probably our casualties would be high. But by the same token, I knew that this drive would bring the end of the war nearer."
Green, Charles K., Pfc, Co. F., 101st Inf., 26th Div., Milford.
" The first attack I was ever in was the worst. At Moinvec, France, we took off before daylight to attack the German posi­tions
and got pinned down for two hours by the enemy artillery and infantry fire. We lost half of the platoon that night and in the daylight fighting at Hill 310, we
lost half of the company. I don't know how I got out without being hit but I guess that it was just one of those things as a lot of men around me were wounded. I didn't get out in the best of shape, though, as trench foot caught up with me and I was sent back to the hospital for a month and a half. I got back in time to go to the Bulge and got my feet frozen again there. I was again sent to the hospital and got back to the company right after V- E Day. After the war I did occupation work and also did some border patrol duty with the British troops in the mountains in Austria."
Hudson, Frederic E., Jr., Pfc, Co. H., 66th Inf., 71st Div., New Haven.
" We were riding on captured German trucks when we got ambushed on the out­skirts
of Reid, Austria. At first we got pinned down but when we called for mortar fire we were able to drive, the Germans back and relieve the pressure on us. The reason we were so worried is that had the Germans known they had us outnumbered the outcome would have been different. There were about 3,000 Germans to our 600 but they didn't know it."
Johnson, Robert E., M/ Sgt., Hq. Spec Trps., 42d Div., Hamden.
" The personnel sergeant major holds forth at Division Headquarters so his headaches are more like to be adminis­trative
rather than shelling. We had a knotty one on V- J Day when we had completed the re- computation of points for some 1,200 men, and made the neces­sary
entries for each man and re- submitted the revised rosters, only to hear that the regulations had been changed again. To make things worse we had only a day to do the whole thing all over and report again. Discharge points were much too delicate a thing to trifle with so we set to work and worked all night and made our deadline."
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Judge, William T., S/ Sgt., Btry. C, 601st A. A. A. Gun Bn., 50th Brigade, 9th Air Force, Wallingford.
" When the buzz bombs or ' divers' as we called them were coming in on Antwerp, we were dug in in the town of Essen, Belgium, trying to intercept them with our 90 mm guns. We had our best night around the first of March 1945 when in the course of one night our four guns fired 835 rounds, for something of a record, exploding eight of those V- 1s and deflect­ing
about ten or twelve from their course. It was a tough night's work and two of the guns needed new tubes the next day, but we got a lot of satisfaction out of it."
Klepps, Edmund O., S/ Sgt., Hq. Btry., 47th A. A. A. GunBn., 9th Air Force, Bristol.
" The defense of Paris against air attack is an ideal assignment T guess, especially since we only had one air raid on the city itself in the 14 months we had it. In December 1944 a small force of six Ger­man
planes made a brief attack on the Gare St. Lazaire, with very little damage, It was difficult to understand that one raid but we learned after the war's end that they were after General Ike's train which had just pulled in there secretly."
Leddy, Vincent P., Cpl., Btry. C, Harbor Defense of Boston, Mount Carmel.
" I was in charge of the fire protection for the base and can't say that anything exciting ever happened. We had two fires up there, one in the mess hall and the other in the officers' quarters but there was nothing spectacular about that. I'm going back to my job with the Hamden Fire Department where I spent six months as a regular before my enlistment into the Army."
Leopold, Karl, S/ Sgt., 25th Ord. Maint. Co., A. A., Hartford.
" The worst day I ever had was the day my draft board sent me the greetings from
my friends— which ones— and neighbors, and the best day was the one on which I got the orders to come home from the Pacific. I was over there for 22 months repairing artillery guns and all that I ever got was lots of jungle time. Our outfit came to Luzon long after D Day there and things were quiet, so we had no contact with the enemy and I didn't want any either. After that stretch I'm going to start living again, and if I can help it there'll be no more Army for me."
Linnin, James P., Pfc, 2087th Q. M. Truck Co., 9th Air Force, Greenwich.
" The exact date escapes my mind but it was around the 22d or 23d of December 1944 that my outfit was sent up to evacu­ate
the airfields in the Bulge area. There was much strafing and a lot of bombing and we were all mixed up. I was driving a truck and when the rest of the trucks started to scatter, I didn't know what to do or where to drive to. I'm glad one of the officers was able to get things organized again or I think half the company would have wound up in Russia. It feels great being back after almost two years away."
Liso, Nicholas J., S/ Sgt., Btry. C, 187th C. A. Bn., Harbor Defense of Boston, Hamden.
" The only real hot alert we had in almost four years in the Boston Harbor Defenses was on Christmas Day of 1943. We got a call that a submarine had been sighted off Provincetown and we were alerted to stay at our guns all day and up until four o'clock in the morning. We never did find out what happened but the Navy had planes and a blimp out after it."
Lowry, Robert E., Cpl., 303d Station Comp., 30th Depot Grp., 9th Air Force, Putnam.
" I was greeted by bombs on my first trip to London during the second blitz of the city. We were sightseeing when the
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raid started and as we crossed the Thames River, via the Waterloo Bridge, two Ger­man
planes came right up the river. They were flying low and every gun in that section was firing at them. We hit the ground as they flew right over us and I almost could feel the planes go by. I tried to squeeze into the cracks in the pavement because shrapnel from the AA guns was falling back down on us like rain. I was just praying that I wouldn't get hit and was thinking that this was one lousy way to wind up a pass to London by being bombed."
Marinelli, Leno J., T/ 5, Med. Det., 633d T. D. Bn., 16th Armd. Div., Ridge­field.
" On the day before V- E Day we moved in to take Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, and at 12 o'clock on that day the official an­nouncement
was made that hostilities were to cease. We had our hands full with droves of German prisoners many of whom needed medical attention, but I found time to get in on the wonderful celebration that went on all day and night, especially on that real good Pilsen beer. That was the first long stop we had made in a long time and with no fighting to worry about the next day, we really raised hell."
McGuire, Edward J., T/ 3, 123d Evac. Hosp., 15th Army, New Haven.
" My outfit operated a displaced per­sonnel
camp in Wuppertal, Germany, and I would assist in the various duties re­quired
in nursing these people back to health. We received those who had been released from concentration camps and the majority of them were in pretty poor health. We had women and children as well as men and when we bad them fairly well fed and clothed they would move on, most of them on their way back to their homes or what was left of them. My heart went out to the children for they were a sorry sight to see. When I saw the way some of the kids looked I couldn't help but think of the thousands of other children who must have died in the camps. I'm glad we were the victors."
McNeil, Robert E., Pfc, Co. M., 410th Inf., 103d Div., Middletown.
" The Battle of the Bulge was the toughest but I don't care to talk about it. I'm back in the best of health and that is the main thing as far as I'm concerned. I traveled through many cities but Inns­bruck,
Austria, was the nicest. You can see the snow- capped mountains in the background and the beautifully con­structed
buildings all around the town. It's swell being back to the States after a year overseas."
Mattel. Edward, Pfc, Co. K., 289th Inf., 75th Div., New Haven.
" On the night of April 9 of last year our company was marching into Lutendor- mont, in Germany, when we ran into an ambush that raised hell with the whole company and me in particular as I went down in the first burst. The town was already taken— headquarters thought— so we came into it in columns of two's with about five yards separating the men. We were not expecting anything so the first burst took us completely by surprise. I was hit in the shoulder from that first burst which came directly from in front of us. One of my buddies pulled me to the side where I was patched up by a medic. All during the rest of the night, we were pinned down and fought the Krauts off the best we could. They had the town surrounded and we couldn't get out, so it was fight or surrender. We managed to keep them off during the night and when daylight came really went to work on them and drove them off. I was evacuated to a hospital where I got some medical attention and then was flown to a hospital in Paris where I stayed three months. After being in the ETO for 18 months it was tough to get hit so near the end of the fighting, but that was the way it was."
Mattie, Anthony D., Pfc, Co. C, 325th GI. Inf., 82d Airborne Div., New Haven.
" My glider was amongst about 1,500 others that took off from England to make a landing in Holland. While passing over France we ran into a heavy barrage of ackacks and 88s. There were 11 other men with me in my glider and I knew they were probably as scared as I was and that was plenty. We could see the flak strewn around on all sides of us and some of the planes were shot down but most of us
made it Okay. Coming back on the ship we ran into a storm and talk was that there was a 90- mile gale coming our way. Well, it came and we tossed and twisted around in the sea. The water was always washing over the ship and most of the time we couldn't see the sky. The tables in the mess hall were loosened and were sliding from one side of the ship to the other. Everyone in sight was seasick in­cluding
most of the ship's crew. I was wondering if after all I had gone through I would find the end at sea. It took us 18 1/ 2 days to come from France."
Mehmet, Ralph J., Cpl., Btry. A., A. W. Bn., 546th A. A. A., 65th Div., Waterbury.
" The first plane we shot down on the continent was one of our own P- 47 Thunderbolts. We were protecting General Patton's Third Army Headquarters CP right after they had gone into action in August 1944 in Normandy, France, when one day we watched a P- 47 fly over several times. We took no particular notice until we saw him strafe one of our convoys and then come down to make a pass at the CP. We shot him down and he crashed about two miles away. We then found out that the pilot had been a German."
Muirhead, Daniel S., Pfc, Btry. A., 497th A. A. A., 9th Air Defense Comd., West Hartford.
" Our job was to shoot down buzz bombs, and at various times we w^ ere stationed in England, France, Belgium and Germany. On New Years Day last year we were stationed at St. Quentin and we got a raid from the air that was real bad. That was strictly a strafing job and it was the toughest one I was ever in. After the end of the war, I went to Wies­baden,
Germany, as a security guard at the air base there. That was the best
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deal I ever had in the Army and that town was the best place I was ever stationed. The only hitch was that I was still in the Army."
Noonan, John P., lst/ Sgt., 178th Sig. Rpr. Co., ( Sep.), Hartford.
" We were celebrating the Christmas holiday in a schoolhouse in Thaon, France, near the 7th Army Replacement Depot when a lone plane, probably heading for the depot, put an end to our party. The schoolhouse was almost all windows and the light shining through into the night must have attracted him. He dove down strafing the building from all sides while the 165 men inside hit the deck in the corners to keep from getting hit. Luckily there was no one hurt but that put an end to the festivities for the danger of being hit sobered us up."
Previty, Antone, Pfc, Sv. Btry., 114th F. A. Bn., 31st Div., Stonington.
" We hit the Island of Morotai in August of ' 44 but by that time the Japs were well scattered and we didn't have any trouble coming ashore. The one thing that had us on the alert were the nightly air raids. I could set my watch by them each night at ten and they would always be on time. For a while I thought I was in the States because our outfit had in­spections
each and every day. It was kind of silly to have inspections out there be­cause
it was too hard to keep anything clean. I was a cook and it made things twice as hard for me. One day I was cooking and the Japs dropped a bomb about 300 vards from the kitchen. I was stunned but the important thing was that the food wasn't spoiled or upset onto the ground. The heat on the islands was the worst I've seen any place and I couldn't seem to keep cool no matter what I did. It's good to come home to cooler weather because I can put more clothes on than I could take off."
Rogers, Bart J., Pfc, 950th A. A. A. Bn., ( Sep.), Hartford.
" Forty- four months in the Army and 28 of them in the Pacific have convinced me that there is no such thing as a good day for a soldier. Even the pay days were bad as most of the time I owed so much money that I had to pay out what I got. As far as the fighting went, the outfits that I was in didn't have it too bad al­though
we went through three campaigns. Luzon was the worst, I guess, as far as attacks went but even that wasn't any­thing
to work up a sweat about. I'd like nothing better than to say that the Army was a great thing, but what's the use of lying about it?"
Rosenbaum, David, Pfc., Co. C, 275th Engr. Combt. Bn., 75th Div., New Haven.
" The closest call I ever had was in the Colmar Pocket in France. We dug in with the infantry and pushed off before them to clear a road before they started. We got within 100 yards of the German line before they opened up with mortar and 88 fire. There were teller mines we had to clear and we had to do a fast job before the fire got heavier. I got pinned down by fire and tangled in all kinds of wire before I was able to get to my hole. In the mean­time
shells were getting thicker and closer to me and I though that ' this was it.' When I got to my hole I was sweating from fear and not because it was a hot day."
Schinell, John E., Pfc, 58th Inf., 8th Armd. Div., South Norwalk.
" During the Central German cam­paign,
our company was ordered to move into a town that was supposed to have been taken. We got near to the place when suddenly the artillery cut loose and we had to scatter and hit the ground. I managed to get back of a little mound of dirt and I stayed that way for over an hour and a half while those shells fell all around me. That was the worst pasting we ever got, I think, and I got my worst scare there. We finally got out of the mess when the tanks came up and gave us a hand. I went through one campaign in Italy and two in and around Germany. After the war, I did occupation work all over Germany. It wasn't a bad deal but it wasn't like being home and out of the Army."
Shutts, William H., Pfc, 950th A. A. A. Bn., ( Sep.), Waterbury.
" Being with the aircraft spotters, my position was always about 15 miles away from the field. The job was to radio the
news of approaching aircraft back to the field so that they could be ready for them when they came. In Luzon we had a couple of infiltrations by the Japs that brought them about a hundred yards from our positions, but that was as close as they could get as the Philippine guerrillas drove them off in a hurry. Out­side
of those times, things were generally pretty easy for us."
Spencer, John H., Sgt., Btry C, Har­bor
Defense of Boston, Rocky Hill.
" My life was dull compared to combat men because I didn't see any action. All we did was wait for an attack on the East Coast and that never happened. It was a long grind now coming to a fast end and I'm glad that I can get out after 47 months in uniform."
Swasey, Archie N., S/ Sgt., Co. D., 101st Inf., 26th Div., Stratford.
" At Saarlautern, Germany, we were oc­cupying
the same block of buildings as the Krauts on the 12th of February 1945, so it was impossible to go out during the day, but someone had to go out at night for rations. On that night there was no moon so I had to lead a ration patrol out just after dusk; but about that time our telephone wire was cut by machine gun fire and we had to lay a new wire to the CP. As first man in the patrol I carried the reel of wire but because it was rusty and squeaky when we came to a dangerous crossing the men wanted me to go last so that they would have a better chance of making it across without being exposed. I stepped aside and the second man moved out but was stopped cold by a German sniper, zeroed- in on that crossing. We had to wait until it was real dark to bring him in and I knew how easily it could have been me."
Sylvester, Samuel P., Pfc, 126th A. A. A. Gun Bn., 9th Air Force, Plainville.
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" When we were stationed down on the coast near Dover, England, in July 1944 trying to knock down buzz bombs, we were sweating out the chow line one day at noon when one came over and our guns got a hit on her. She continued for a bit then zoomed straight up before coming down in a screaming dive on our camp. All the boys ran like hell for cover and I followed one of the cooks to a hole dug out for supplies. When we came out after the explosion we found that it had landed between my gun and the tents, wounding several men."
Tedesco, Patrick W., Pfc, Co. F., 101st Inf., 26th Div., Norwich.
" We were in a position about a mile from Metz and had received some shelling from the German 105 howitzers but not enough to cause any serious trouble. One morning the word came that we were to move from this position just a few hundred yards down further to another position that was declared safer. Most of us thought it foolish to bother moving but we did and we were glad for it. The following day an anti- aircraft battery moved into our old position and that night the Germans opened up a barrage killing every man there. After that there was no question in my mind as to whether an order sounded logical or not; I just did it without any questions."
Willis, William F., T/ Sgt., Co. B., 67th Sig. Bn., XXII Corps, Hamden.
" My worst experience came during the crossing of the Rhine at Dusseldorf, Germany, on April 23, 1945. The engineers had constructed a pontoon bridge for the crossing and the Jerry artillery didn't take much time to get it in range of their heavy guns. Before we crossed we were in range of their guns and they kept up a barrage that kept us ducking all over the place and when we finally did manage to
cross, the SS troops kept sniping at us. There were quite a few casualties and I had a few near misses but none close enough to cause any injury. After the war was over in Europe I was sent to the Pacific theatre but saw very little action there."
Wilmot, Alfred R., Pfc, Co. B., 1st Bn., 45th Div., Stamford.
" The Anzio beachhead was the worst for me. I was in a foxhole for 23 days without coming out except occasionally at night for rations. The weather was warm which was in our favor but the rains kept the foxholes damp and my clothes were always wet. The Germans would pull a counterattack every other night and on one night had us pinned down for three solid hours. We were on the beachhead for three months because we didn't have enough men or supplies to push on as there were only two divisions there."
CONNECTICUT VETERANS COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET
Vol. IX Jan. 10, 1946 No. 19
CARLETON B. CLYMA, Editor
This booklet is published by the State of Connecticut through the Office of the Governor, as an addition to the souvenirs and memorabilia of Connecticut men who served with the United States Army in World War II. The courtesies and assist­ance
of public relations personnel at the Ports and Separation Centers are here­with
acknowledged.
Copies of this booklet are provided for the men whose names appear on the Muster Out Roll Call, herein. A copy is on file for reference purposes at each of the 200 public libraries in the State.
The personal experience stories were reported by William M. Roth, Joseph O. Keating, George E. Allis and Morris R. Gelblum. The cover illustration of the U. S. S. General Omar Bundy is from an official U. S. Signal Corps photograph.
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THE MUSTER OUT ROLL CALL
Names, rank and addresses of Connecticut men discharged during the period January 9 to 10, 1946, from the official Group Rosters, Fort Devens Separation Center, Mass.
ABATE, Louis P., Jr. S/ Sgt
35 Rosette St., New Haven AGAPIOU, Spiro A., T/ 5
163 O'Neil Court, Ansonia AIETA, Philip F., T/ 5
29 Putnam St., Hartford ALBERT, George H., T/ 3
Golden Hill Ave., Danbury ALTIERI, Frank A., Pfc.
86 Webb St., Hamden ANCTIL, Frederick J., Pfc.
760 Seaview Ave., Bridgeport ANDERSON, Raymond V., S/ Sgt.
Park Lane, New Milford ANDERSON, Thomas H., S/ Sgt,
7 Addison St., Ansonia ANDREWS, Tom E., M/ Sgt.
5 Bouton St., So. Norwalk ANNUZZI, Patsy P., Cpl.
46 Ladding Lane, Stamford ARCHAMBAULT, George W., Jr. S/ Sgt.
305 Maplewood Ave., Bridgeport ARCURI, Albert, Cpl.
210 So. Leonard St., Waterbury ARENA, Louis L., Pfc.
36 Norton St., Waterbury ARGAZZI, James J., T/ Sgt.
35 Austin St., New Britain ARMS, Jarvis H., T/ Sgt.
20 Roosevelt St., Harford ASSENZA, Joseph J. T/ 5
10 Grove Court, Meriden BAER, Frederick W., Pvt.
Worthington Lane, Berlin BAGSHAWE, John C, T/ 5
35 Maplewood Ave., West Hartford BAIRD, Harold C, Sgt.
200 Prospect St., Bristol BALASCAK, John, T/ 4
1680 Main St., Bridgeport BALCEZAK, Zygmunt S., Sgt.
Box 231, Tariffville BALDASTY, Rudolph, S/ Sgt.
369 Hope St., Glenbrook BALOG, Andrew L., Cpl.
138 Whittier St., Bridgeport BALTERA, Cleo, Sgt.
7 Hawkins St., Waterbury BANE, Charles C, T/ 5
Wethersfield BANKOWSKI, Steven, Cpl.
RFD, Rockville BARBER, John H., S/ Sgt
35 West Morningside St., Hartford BARRETT, Thomas J., Pvt.
114 Cleveland St., New Britain BARRY, William E., Pvt.
73 Roosevelt St., Hartford BAXTER, John S., T/ 5
754 Boston Ave., Bridgeport BELARDINELLI, Bino E., T/ 4
81 Sedgewick St., Bridgeport BELL, Joseph T., S/ Sgt.
56 Boulanger Ave., West Hartford BENNETT, John J., Cpl.
1964 Main St., Bridgeport BENNETT, Robert H., Pfc.
43 Myrtle Ave., Milford
BENVENUTI, Silvio W., Sgt.
68 Goshen St., New London BERG, Joseph, T/ 5
555 Albany Avenue, Hartford BERGIN, Francis P., Pvt.
16 Mills Lane, Bloomfield BERTIER, Lester, Cpl.
855 Congress Ave., New Haven BIBEIRO, Antonio M., S/ Sgt.
111 Feeley St., Stratford BINGIEL, Stanley J., Pfc.
89 Silver St., New Britain BIONDELLO, Ralph, Pvt.
Rose Hill Road, Branford BLONDO, Peter F., T/ 5
54 Byram Ter., Greenwich BLOOM, Edward R., T/ 5
9 Main St., Danbury BOLLES, Randolph, Jr., Pfc.
Box 165, Washington BONETATE, Michael J., T/ 5
499 Pembroke St., Bridgeport BONGIOVANNI, Carmello J., Sgt.
57 Belden St., Hartford BONVICINI, Thomas L., Cpl.
166 Dewey St., Bridgeport BOUFFARD, Donald A., Cpl.
751 Woodtick Rd., Waterbury BOYAJIAN, Oscar, Cpl.
45 Deerfield Ave., Hartford BOZUCHOWSKI, Michael P., Cpl.
40 Grant St., Meriden BRACKETT, Harold W., Cpl.
18 Stafford Ave., Forestville BRADLEY, Frederick A., T/ 4
67 Pleasant Ave., Forestville BRANNIGAN, Edward J., T/ 5
34 Russell St., Branford BRASSARD, Leo J., Pfc.
607 Zion St., Hartford BRITTON, John W., Pfc.
24 City Hamlet, Danbury BROWN, George A., Pvt.
181 Village St.. Hartford BROWN, Glen W., T/ 4
1132 Neipsic Rd., Glastonbury BUCKMISTER, Harry R., Jr. T/ 5
151 Cooper Hill St., Manchester BUDOSKI, John G., T/ 4
254 Pratt St., Fairfield BURNS, John J., Pvt.
105 Garfield Ave., Danbury BUTLER, Lindell, Pfc.
57 Horton Ave., Meriden BUZZELL, John A., Pfc.
71 Morningside Dr., Bristol CAMARCA, Michael P., S/ Sgt
55 Brook St., Hartford CAMERON, George M., T/ 5
183 Townsend Ave., New Haven CANNARELLA, Vincent J., T/ 5
320 Franklin Ave., Hartford CARDONE, Stephen, Sgt.
303 West Water St., New Haven CARLETON, Normand H., T/ 5
70 Race St., Bristol CARLUCCI, Mark A., Cpl.
50 Woodside St., Stamford
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CAROCCI, Albert A., Jr. T/ 5
186 Sherman Ave., New Haven CARPENTER. Ralph E., T/ Sgt.
Box 105, Wickett St., Pine Meadow CASELLI, John C, T/ 5
37 Clinton St., Manchester CASTELLON Vincent J., S/ Sgt,
448 Main St., East Haven CAVANAUGH, Alfred J., Pfc.
544 Main St., Stamford CAVANAUGH, Norman L., Cpl.
50 James St., Hartford CAVANAUGH, Peter P., T/ Sgt.
Box 436, Stamford CECCARELLI, Armand A., Pfc.
188 Old Stratfield Rd., Bridgeport CHARBONNEAU, Joseph, M/ Sgt.
210 Goffe St., New Haven CHIANESE, Pasquale N., Pvt.
44 Pearl Lake Rd., Waterbury CHIOFFI, Joseph A., T/ 4
192 Exchange St., New Haven CHITTY, Paul M., M/ Sgt.
518 Norman St., Bridgeport CHRZANOWSKI, Victor C, Cpl.
52 Orchard St., Stamford CIAGLIA, Joseph P., T/ 4
312 Harbor St., Branford CIPOLLINI, Ned J., 1st/ Sgt.
187 Pine St., New Haven CIPRIANO, Michael J., T/ 5
193 So. Leonard St., Waterbury CLANSY, Asa D., T/ 4
205 Bellevue St., Hartford CLARK, Donald W., Sgt.
47 Park St., Plainville CLEARY, Christopher J., T/ Sgt.
179 Fillmore St., New Haven CLYDE, Milton H., Jr. S/ Sgt.
426 Park St., Hartford COE, Raymond E., S/ Sgt.
170 Lincoln Ave., Bridgeport COLANGELO, Anthony, Pvt.
55 Johnson St., Waterbury COLLINS, John A., Jr. Pfc.
61 Garfield Ave., Danbury CONLEY, Dennis A., S/ Sgt.
11 Wilson St., Bridgeport CONTE, Michael, T/ 4
91 Adeline St., New Haven COOKE, Kenneth F., S/ Sgt.
167 Seymour St., Hartford COPELAND, Harry O., S/ Sgt.
825 Woodward Ave., New Haven CORDONE, Louis D., Sgt.
66 Revere St., Bridgeport COSTELLO, James L. R., Pfc.
72 Main St., West Haven COSTELLO, William J., Cpl.
219 Columbus Ave., New Haven COTE, Harold W., Pvt.
52 Sunset Ave., Oak ville COVIELLO, Joseph D., Pfc.
282 So. Leonard St., Waterbury COYNE, Herbert S., T/ Sgt.
323 West Preston St., Hartford COZZA, Charles, Pfc.
51 Hawkins St., Waterbury CRISTOFANO, Herman J., Pfc.
110 Sperry St., Waterbury CROVO, Lawrence J., Pfc.
240 Springdale Ave., Meriden CRUDO, Anthony J., Pfc.
386 Burritt Ave., Stratford CURLEY, John J., S/ Sgt.
138 Austin St., Bridgeport
CZYZNIAK, John W., Pfc.
173 Spring St., Windsor Locks DANFORTH, Lloyd E., S/ Sgt.
33 Norfolk St., Hartford DAVIS, Robert C, Pfc.
105 Columbia St., Meriden DeFORGE, Edward E., Pvt.
453 Barbour St., Hartford DeFURIA, Ralph, T/ 4
401 Post Rd., Darien DeLUCIA, Albert A., S/ Sgt.
50 Main St. Annex, New Haven DeMARCO, Thomas J., T/ 5
209 Pulaski St., Bridgeport DeMILO. Michael, Cpl.
42 Fair St., New Haven DeRAGON, Lionel V., S/ Sgt.
58 Higbie Dr., East Hartford DEROUIN, Albert A., Sgt.
22 Galivan St., Waterbury DESJARDINS, Albert J., T/ 4 110 Quebec Sq., Danielson DESTEPHANO, Louis A., T/ 5
457 Woodward Ave., New Haven DiBIASO, Thomas A., Cpl.
32 Rourke Ave., Southington DICK, Rutherford, S/ Sgt.
56 Spruce St., Norwich DISCKO, John J., Pfc.
182 Weber Ave., Bridgeport DOJKA, Theodore E., Pfc
Elm St., Thompsonville DOMKOWSKI, Walter J., T/ 5
610 East Main St., Bridgeport DONNELLY, John W., Pfc.
60 Norman Circle, Stratford DOWNING, John W., T/ 5 Essex
DRISCOLL, Timothy E., Cpl.
112 Seminary St., New Canaan DUCHETTE, Robert I., Sgt.
104 Crystal Ave., New London DUNN, Michael J., Jr. T/ Sgt.
19 Second St., Stamford EASTWOOD, Lucas L., Cpl.
103 Walnut St., Waterbury EATMAN, Eldridge A., Pfc.
1006 Washington Village, So. Norwalk ECCLES, John J., Pfc.
277 Prospect St., Norwich EICHINGER, Albert, Pfc.
60 Hancock St., Stratford ELLIS, Donald E., Pfc.
Main St., Somers ELLIS, John F., Cpl.
30 Holly Place, Torrington ENQUIST, Franklin R., Cpl.
11 Golf Rd., Wethersfield ERICKSON, Albert S., T/ 4
88 Shepard St., Bridgeport ERTER, Edward T., Cpl.
9 Ridge St., Devon EUERLE, Arthur J., Cpl.
812 Mix Ave., Hamden EVANGELISTE, Samuel, Sgt.
256 Fenwick St., West Haven FAFORD, Roland E., Cpl.
5 High St., Danielson FARRAR, Calvin C, Pfc.
690 Iranistan Ave., Bridgeport FAY, William J., Cpl.
338 Benham Ave., Bridgeport FIORILLO, Michele, Pfc.
74 St. John St., New Haven FONTNEAU, Paul J., Pfc.
88 Main St., West Haven
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FORCHIELLI, Emilio, T/ 5
111 Portsea St., New Haven FORD, Francis J., T/ 5
119 Kent St., Hartford FORTIER, George J., Pfc.
Silver Lane Homes, Manchester FORTIER, James P., Pvt.
89 South St., Waterbury FOTI, Domenic J., Pfc.
264 Walnut St., Waterbury FOWLER, Joseph C., T/ 5
317 Atlantic St., Stamford FOX, Robert F., Pfc.
West Main St., Stafford Springs FRANCINI, Louis J., Sgt.
99 Hawkins St., Derby FRANCIS, Kent C, T/ 5
277 Lyme St., Hartford FREAKLEY, Robert N., Pfc.
159 Star St., New Haven FRIEDMAN, Bernard E., S/ Sgt.
115 Atlantic St., Stamford FULTON, Robert S., T/ 5
170 Atkins St., Meriden FURBISH, George H., Jr., Pfc.
189 Alden Ave., New Haven GACEK, Jacob L., T/ 5
Rt. 5, Newington GADASCY, John, T/ 4
702 Knapps Highway, Bridgeport GAGLIARDI, Joseph P., Pvt.
13 Columbus St., East Hartford GALIETTE, Joseph S., Cpl.
257 Bristol St., Southington GALLAGHER, Charles P., T/ 5
22 Wheeler St., New Haven GALLAGHER, Raymond F., Cpl.
81 Clinton Ave., New Haven GALLUCCI, Anthony J., T/ 4
106 Farren Ave., New Haven GARRETT, William V., T/ Sgt.
220 Huntington St., New London GARY, James H., M/ Sgt.
7 Warner Pl., Waterbury GAUGHAN, Anthony J., Pfc.
143 Humphrey St., New Haven GEE, William J., Sgt.
25 Columbus Pl., Bridgeport GEHRMANN, Ralph L., T/ 5
1 Rowan St., East Norwalk GELLER, Sherman, T/ 4
43 Sylvan Ave., New Haven GENARO, Earl E., T/ 5
1555 Main St., Hartford GENTILE, Frank, T/ 3
21 Dryden St., Stamford GIACHELLO, Eugene, Pfc.
6 Mahl Ave., Hartford GIANNELLI, Antonio O., T/ 5
260 W. Grove St., Waterbury GINGIUS, Peter, Cpl.
87 Railroad Hill St., Waterbury GIOVANNI, Fred M., Pvt.
170 Nicoll St., New Haven GNYLA, Wallace, Sgt.
85 Silver St., New Britain GOLEC, Henry S., Cpl.
44 Alden St., Hartford GOLNIK, Emil H., S/ Sgt.
46 Orchard St., Terryville GOMES, Anthony, T/ 5
129 Greenwood St., New Britain GOODRICH, Stewart E., S/ Sgt.
181 Dwight St., New Britain GOODWIN, George, Jr., S/ Sgt.
763 Burnside Ave., East Hartford
GORDON, William M., Sgt.
Bridgeport GOTTLIEB, Seymour H., T/ 5
134 Wilcox Ave., Meriden GRACZYK, Walter, Pfc.
10 Morrison St., Rockville GRAGAUSKAS, Joseph S., Pfc.
122 Marina Village, Bridgeport GRANDSHAW, Theodore E., T/ 3
421 Main St., East Haven GRANE, John W., Cpl.
60 Wintonbury Ave., Bloomfield GRANT, Joseph H., Jr., Sgt.
171 West Ave., Stamford GRASSO, August V., Sgt.
65 Old Foxon Rd., East Haven GRAY, Walter J., Cpl.
Winsted GREEN, Charles K., Pfc.
112 Lafayette St., Milford GRENIER, Frederick A., Pfc.
133 East Main St., Stafford Springs GRIFFIN, Edgar W., T/ 5
Box 503, Dyer Ave., Collinsville GRZESCZYK, Henry S., Pfc.
86 Gold St., New Britain GUDEAHN, Ernest L., Pfc.
535 Main St., New London GULLO, Joseph F., Sgt.
31 New Hanover Ave., Meriden GURTIL, Richard S., T/ 4
Short Beach GUSTAFSON, Arthur L., Cpl.
Dunne Ave., Collinsville GUSTAFSON, Raymond N., Sgt.
RFD 10, Fairfield GUSTON, Carl H., T/ 5
Box 35, Clinton HALL, Dwight H., Jr., Sgt.
157 Center St., Bristol HANISH, Robert G., Pfc.
191 Orchard St., Bridgeport HANLEY, Raymond G., Jr., T/ 5
83 Taylor Ave., East Haven HAROLD, Robert C, T/ 4
24 Park St., Norwalk HENRY, William J., Jr., Pfc.
3 Steven St., Danbury HERBERT, John R., Cpl.
Box 165, Voluntown HESS, Paul E., Sr., S/ Sgt.
54 Stone St., Hartford HIGGINS, Kyle B., S/ Sgt.
Short Beach HIGGINS, Robert M., T/ 5
90 Smith St., West Haven HILLIARD, Douglas P., Pfc.
94 Roger St., Hartford HINES, Ernest, Pfc.
15 Rose Park Ave., Stamford HOLT, Henry E., T/ 3
10 East Pearl St., Danbury HOMICK, John A., T/ 5
36 No. Main St., Waterbury HOUSEHOLDER, Robert C, Cpl.
914 State St., New Haven HUBBALL, Charles E., T/ 3 309 Cook Ave., Meriden HUDSON, Albert J., Pfc.
106 Meadow St., New Haven HUDSON, Frederic E., Jr., Pfc.
154 Allston Ave., New Haven IANNACCONE, Anthony J., T/ 4
21 1/ 2 Union St., Waterbury IDAROLA, Albert, Sgt.
285 Oak St., New Haven
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INDORF, Donald L., Sgt.
1002 Old Colony Rd., Meriden JACK, John M., T/ Sgt.
79 Brookfield St., Manchester JANELLE, Raymond L., Pfc.
736 West Main St., New Britain JANICKI, Henry R., S/ Sgt.
325 No. Burritt St., New Britain JARVIS, Paul P., T/ 4
9 East Lawlor St., New Britain JEFFRESS, Standford, Pfc.
18 Elm St., Danbury JEVARJIAN, Anthony, Cpl.
45 Elmwood Ave., Bridgeport JOHNSON, Nels L., T/ Sgt.
83 Longvue Dr., Wethersfield JOHNSON, Robert E., M/ Sgt.
81 Cannon St., Hamden JONES, Stanley H., Pfc.
Capen St., Windsor JOWDY, George P., S/ Sgt.
8 South Ave., Danbury JUDGE, William T., S/ Sgt.
236 So. Elm St., Wallingford JUTKIEWICZ, Stanley J., Jr., T/ 4
11 Kilmer Ave., Norwich KACERGIS, Walter A., T/ 4
263 West Hazel St., New Haven KADRIC, Frank P., T/ 4
RFD 4, Bridgeport KALAFUT, Michael J., Pfc.
115 No. Main St., West Hartford KALLSTEN, Eric W., M/ Sgt.
25 Sanford Pl., Bridgeport KAPETAN, Peter L., T/ 5
257 Farm Hill Rd., Middletown KARLAK, John S., S/ Sgt.
10 Hill St., Seymour
KAVANAUGH, James T., S/ Sgt.
New Hartford KEANE, Thomas V., T/ 5
4 Tower Pl., Danbury KELLOGG, Hanford B., Sgt.
473 Laurel Ave., Bridgeport KELLY, Martin T., T/ 5
96 Broad St., Milford KEMPER, Charles H., S/ Sgt.
138 State St., Westport KENT, William F., Sgt.
73 Newton St., Hartford KERR, Edgar T., Jr., Pvt.
718 Campbell Ave., West Haven KLAPIK, Harry, T/ 5
310 Long Hill Ave., Shelton KLEPPS, Edmund O., S/ Sgt.
1245 Burlington Ave., Bristol KLUCEWICZ, Walter M., Sgt.
162 Sisson St., East Hartford KNAPP, John, T/ 5
Box 105, South Willington KNECHT, Elliott O., Cpl.
Box 310, RFD 3, Bridgeport KOPEC, Francis E., Pfc.
25 Frederick St., Hartford KOSESKY, Alexander A., S/ Sgt.
Box 13, Weatogue KOURY, Victor M., Pfc.
380 So. Main St., Torrington KOZEN, Edward J., Pfc.
33 Fuller St., Waterbury KOZLOWSKI, Frank W., T/ 4
Thompsonville Rd., Suffield KROMIDAS, William, T/ 4
68 Tremont St., New Britain KUDROWSKI, Daniel J., Sgt.
28 Kent St., Hartford
KUL, Alexander, Sgt.
19 Daggett St., New Haven LACROIX, Melvin E., Cpl.
Box 5, Glasgo LANDGREN, Robert W., Sgt.
170 Stratford Rd., New Britain LANE, John H., Pfc.
172 Ellsworth Ave., New Haven LANE, Robert S., T/ 4
69 Prospect St., East Hartford LAPINSKY, Raymond J., T/ 5
64 Cooper St., Torrington LaPOINTE, Gerard P., Sgt.
38 Webb St., So. Meriden LARKIE, James F., T/ 5
20 High St., New London LAROPOULOS, Stanley S., Pvt.
118 Rennell St., Bridgeport LASKARZEWSKI, Casimer J., T/ 5
Cross St., Portland LAUF, William J., M/ Sgt.
14 Davis St., Danbury LAW, William, Jr., Pfc.
93 Grennan Rd., West Hartford LAWLER, Martin J., Pfc.
RFD 2, Stepney LAZZERINI, Evo, Pfc.
6 Goodman Pl., Hartford LEBEAU, Ernest J., T/ 5
124 Birch St., Willimantic LEDDY, Vincent P., Cpl.
5 Woodruff St., Mount Carmel LeGRAND, George T., Cpl.
284 Blatchley Ave., New Haven LEHNERT, William K., Sgt.
37 May St., New Britain LENZI, Anthony W., T/ 4
181 St. John St., New Haven LEOPOLD, Karl, S/ Sgt.
1347 Albany Ave., Hartford LEVY, Leo, T/ 4
83 Lennox St., Hartford LEWIS, John W., Jr., Pfc.
26 West Main St., Norwalk LIEBMAN, Morton, Cpl.
45 Lines St., New Haven LINNANE, William F., M/ Sgt.
Pine Hill Rd., East Norwalk LINNIN, James P., Pfc.
Upper Kings Strait, Greenwich LINTEAU, Andre J., Pfc.
11 West Clay St., Waterbury LIPTAK, Anthony A., S/ Sgt.
147 Hough St., Bridgeport LISO, Nicholas J., S/ Sgt.
189 Circular Ave., Hamden LIVINGSTONE, Stanley, T/ 4
74 Garden Dr., Fairfield LOGIE, James V., S/ Sgt.
123 Wheeler Park Ave., Bridgeport LONSKI, Joseph G., Cpl.
36 Clinton St., New Britain LOWERY, Arthur W., T/ 5
53 Barker St., Hartford LOWRY, Robert E., Cpl.
419 School St., Putnam LUCARELLI, Nello, Jr., Pfc.
45 Perry Ave., Shelton LUKAS, Paul, Pfc.
East St., Suffield LUMPKIN, Frank G., T/ Sgt.
177 Allyn St., Hartford LUPO, Arthur A., Pfc.
7 Beaver St., New Britain LYE, Leonard F., Pvt.
327 Noble St., West Haven
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MADORE, Maxime J., Pvt.
27 Sylvester St., Bristol MAHONEY, Robert H., S/ Sgt.
29 Taylor St., Stamford MALERI, Carl J., Pfc.
303 Charles St., Bridgeport MALONIS, Leonard R., T/ 5
154 Butler St., New Haven MARCARELLI, Angelo F., T/ 5
64 Whiting St., Hamden MARGOLIS, Jacques, Cpl.
462 West Main St., Waterbury MARES, Michael J., Cpl.
RFD 1, Baltic MARINELLI, Leon J., T/ 5
Danbury Rd., Ridgefield MARSHALL, Joseph M., Jr., M/ Sgt.
33 Raymond St., So. Norwalk MARSHALL, Norman G., S/ Sgt.
62 Sixth St., Bridgeport MARTIN, Carl C, Sgt
192 Bldg. 60, Success Park, Bridgeport MARTIN, Chester, S/ Sgt.
362 Allen St., New Britain MARTINELLI, Christopher, T/ 5
378 Barbour St., Hartford MARUT, Casimer A., Pfc.
241 Broad St., New Britain MASCIA, Angelo J., S/ Sgt.
264 Main St., Norwalk MASON, James I., Sgt.
392 E. Main St., Bridgeport MASSIMINO, Joseph F., T/ Sgt.
456 Prospect Dr., Stratford MASTRIANO, Anthony, T/ 5
302 Stratfield Rd., Bridgeport MASTROSIMONE, Joseph J , Cpl. 35 Factory St., Ansonia MATREGRANO, Philip R., Pfc. 76 Van Buren Ave., Norwalk MATTEI, Edward, Pfc.
191 Davenport Ave., New Haven MATTIE, Anthony D., Pfc. 467 Legion Ave., New Haven MATTIG, Arthur L., T/ Sgt.
14 Lyons St., New Britain MATURO, William J., S/ Sgt. 625 Grand Ave., New Haven MATYAS, George E., T/ 5 72 Lee Ave., Wallingford MAY, Salvatore, Pvt.
46 Bridge St., Deep River McCANN, George F., S/ Sgt. l5 Aetna Pl., Naugatuck McELVERY, Joseph F., S/ Sgt. 5 West End Ave., Old Greenwich McGRATH, Vincent T., T/ 4 8 Cornelius Ave., Waterbury McGUIRE, Edward J., T/ 3
New Haven McKENNA, John J., Sgt.
85 Sheffield Ave., New Haven McNEIL, Robert E., Pfc.
Newfield St., Middletown McWEENEY, Thomas A., Cpl. 30 Gillies Rd., Hamden MEHMET, Ralph J., Cpl. 73 Ives St., Waterbury MENDICINO, Eugene, Sgt.
86 Bishop St., New Haven MERHILL, Joseph J., Sgt. 5 Cupheag Crescent, Stratford MESEK, John F., T/ Sgt.
2 Colony Pl., Meriden MEYER, Ernest L., S/ Sgt.
153 Freeman St., Hartford
MEYERS, Edmund L., Pvt.
100 Brittania St., Meriden MIERZEJESKI, Edward A., S/ Sgt:
24 Summit St., Meriden MIHALAK, Stephen, T/ 5
7 Woodruff St., Southington MILLER, Leroy, Sgt.
197 James St., Norwalk MILLER, William C, Pvt.
15 Kinnear Ave., New Britain MISTO, Louis I., Jr., Pfc.
201 Main St., Danielson MITCHELL, William L., T/ Sgt.
RFD 2, Rockville MONROE, David T., Cpl.
1579 Broadbridge Ave., Stratford MOORE, Harold E., Sgt.
176 Main St., West Haven MORLEY, James E., Pfc.
28 Thorpe St., Fairfield MORYL, Fryderyk H., S/ Sgt.
353 Prospect Ave., West Hartford MOSELEY, Anthony J., Cpl.
86 Lower Blvd., New London MUIRHEAD, Daniel S., Pfc.
773 Farmington Ave., West Hartford MUNROE, George F., Cpl.
143 Quinn St., Naugatuck NASUTA, Stanley J., T/ 5
130 Washington St. Hartford NATHAN, Richard L., Sgt.
11 Hudson St., Bridgeport NAUGHTON, Francis L., S/ Sgt.
349 Chestnut St., New Britain NEAL, James D., Pfc.
154 Starr St., New Haven NIEDZIELA, Stanley, Cpl.
61 Ward St., Wallingford NOLAN, Harold C, S/ Sgt.
891 Noble Ave., Bridgeport NOONAN, John P., lst/ Sgt.
374 Woodland St., Hartford NORTON, Arthur L., Jr., Pfc.
60 Field St., Bristol OSTBERG, John O., S/ Sgt.
24 Wakelee Ave., Stratford OTIS, Stephen R., Sgt.
Silvermine Rd., Norwalk PADGETT, Raleigh, Sgt.
165 Beardsley St., Bridgeport PAINTER, James E., Sgt.
Woodbury Rd., Star Rt., Watertown PALANZO, Leopold, Sgt.
161 South St., Danbury PALMER, Roy S., Pfc.
Old Norwalk Rd , New Canaan PANKOWITZ, Walter A., Sgt.
40 Herbert St., Milford PAQUETTE, Herman A., Pfc.
12 State St., Windsor Locks PARRINO, Salvatore J., T/ Sgt.
51 Wardwell St., Stamford PARSONS, Harry H., T/ Sgt.
37 Ward St., Hartford PASTORE, Bernardo, Pfc.
377 Park St., Bridgeport PATENAUDE, Donald A., T/ Sgt.
246 Oakland St., Stratford PEASE, Kenneth T., Pfc.
Box 58, Riverton PECK, Marvin, T/ 4
346 Cornwall St., Hartford PERRY, Leon E., Pfc.
592 Garden St., Hartford PERUSSE, Roland J., Pvt.
McNeil Rd., Bethel
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PERUTI, Edward R., Pfc.
135 Hanover St., Meriden PETERS, Michael J., Pvt.
48 Vine St., Hartford PETERSON, Arthur L., Cpl.
20 Douglas St., Hartford PETTEWAY, Lloyd B., Pvt.
209 Cook St., Waterbury PIANTA, Alden A., Pfc.
226 Bokum Rd., Essex PISANO, Gordon F., T/ 4
667 Main St., East Haven PISCITELLI, Angelo, T/ 5
82 Cedar St., Bridgeport PISCITELLI, Anthony C, Cpl.
57 William St., West Haven PISTEY, Joseph C, Cpl.
1445 Pembroke St., Bridgeport PLATA, Joseph F., T/ 5
52 Custer St., Elmwood PLATT, Stanley, M/ Sgt.
76 Rowan St., Danbury PLEASIC, Ralph E., S/ Sgt.
Darien
POKRYWKA, Louis J., Pfc.
RFD, Bridgewater POLTRACK, Henry B., Pfc.
9 Rugby St., Stamford POTZ, Gustave H., T/ 4
21 Divinity St., Bristol PRESSMAN, Paul R., Cpl.
57 Whitney Ave., Bridgeport PRESTON, Wallace S., S/ Sgt.
RFD 1, Terryville PREVITY, Antone, Pfc.
7 Harmony St., Stonington PROFFITT, Joel E., Pfc.
47 Suffield St., Hartford PULASKI, Peter J., T/ 5
338 Camp St., Meriden RACIOT, John H., Cpl.
1225 Main St., Willimantic RADZIEWSKI, Stanley U., S/ Sgt.
South Grand St., West Suffield RANDALL, Harry B., Jr., T/ 5
88 Westfield Ave., Bridgeport RANSOM, Ernest H., Pfc.
East Hartland RAYNOR, Edward, T/ 5
46 Locust St., Greenwich RIBAS, Vincent, Cpl.
4 Hillside Ave., Shelton RICE, Lyman R., T/ 5
652 Orchard St., New Haven RIPOLLONE, Joseph F., T/ 5
1936 Park St., Hartford RITOCCO, Samuel J., S/ Sgt.
541 E. Main St., Norwich ROACH, William F., T/ 5
1175 North Ave., Bridgeport ROBB, Louis M., Sgt.
557 Colorado Ave., Bridgeport ROGALEWSKI, Frank P., T/ 4
38 So. Prospect St., Hartford ROGERS, Bart J., Pfc.
29 Belden St., Hartford ROSATI, Armando, Pvt.
Colton Court, Farmington ROSATI, Maurice S., Pvt.
Riverton, Barkhamsted ROSATO, Louis A., T/ 5
26 Bridge St., New Milford ROSENBAUM, David, Pfc.
141 Day St., New Haven ROURKE, Ralph M., Cpl.
74 Elihu St., Hamden
ROUTHIER, Paul J., Pvt.
25 Canal St., Plainville ROYER, Francis J., Pfc.
225 No. Main St., Winsted RUCKER, Lafayette, Pfc.
48 Bellevue Sq , Apt. B, Hartford RUGGIERO, James, T/ 5
225 Martin St., Hartford RUSANOWSKY, Nicholas P., Pfc
Wolf Harbor Rd., Milford RUSCZEK, Joseph, Jr., Sgt.
156 So. Cherry St., Wallingford RUZINSKY, Charles C, T/ 5
142 Prospect St., Ansonia SAKOWSKI, Nelson J., T/ 5
4 Rose St., Norwich SALAMON, Albert L., Pfc.
138 No. Bishop Ave., Bridgeport SANDNES, Leroy E., T/ 5
52 Ellsworth St., Newington SANDS, Justin H., Pfc.
RFD 5, Danbury SANGSTER, Richard G., S/ Sgt.
70 Elm St., Thomaston SANISLO, James T., T/ 5
1130 Howard Ave., Bridgeport SANTORO, Alfred E., S/ Sgt.
271 Main St., Winsted SARTINI, Paul L., T/ 4
165 DeWitt St., New Haven SARTUCCI, August P., T/ 4
80 Andrew St., Meriden SCARMOZZINO, Michael A., Sgt.
267 Hill St., Waterbury SCHINELL, John E., Pfc.
73 Fairfield Ave., So. Norwalk SCHMITT, Erwin R., Sgt.
Ritch Ave., East Port Chester SCHULTZ, Walter R., Pfc.
170 Front St., Middletown SCHWEBEL, Milton, T/ 4
280 Lyme St., Hartford SEKELSKY, Stephen M., Pvt.
115 Bell St., Bridgeport SENATRO, Leo J., T/ 4
150 Homestead Ave., Hartford SERVICE, Walter, Pfc.
60 Sexton St., New Britain SHABANOWITZ, Bearish, Pfc.
RFD 7, Norwich SHARY, James G., T/ 5
Box 237, Broad Brook SHEFFIELD, John E., Pvt.
436 Farmington Ave., Union ville SHEMONSKY, Ralph, Sgt.
40 Earle St., Hartford SHORKEY, Irving A., T/ 5
57 Hemingway Ave., East Haven SHRIBER, Vincent J., T/ 5
172 Mansfield St., New Haven SHULIK, Stephen, T/ 5
786 Huntington Rd., Stratford SHUPENIS, Joseph R., Pfc.
RFD 1, Woodbury SHUTTS, William H., Pfc.
23 Hershel Ave., Waterbury SILVER, Harold, Pfc.
102 East Eaton St., Bridgeport SILVESTRO, Wilfred L., S/ Sgt.
162 Grafton St., New Haven SIMKO, Stephen A., T/ 4
309 East Elm St., Torrington SKLEPOWICZ, Joseph J., T/ Sgt.
81 Meridian St., Meriden SLOWIKOWSKI, John P., T/ 5
132 Pratt St., Meriden
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SMITH, Duane M., T/ 4
Mine Rd., Bristol SMITH, Edward A., S/ Sgt.
99 Hillcrest Ave., Wethersfield SMITH, Edward B., T/ 5
33 Hallock St., New Haven SMITH, Edward C, Pvt.
Old Saybrook SMITH, Edward M., T/ 5
784 E. Middle Turnpike, Manchester SMITH, Edward P., Pfc.
251 Main St., Southport SMITH, Mortimer L., Jr., T/ 4
111 Prospect Ave., West Haven SMITH, Vernon F., Jr., T/ 5
31 Konomoc St., New London SMOLENSKI, Frank J., Pfc.
Red Stone Hill Rd., Forestville SNIFFEN, Arden L., T/ 4
941 E. Broadway, Stratford SOARES, John P., T/ 5
633 Housatonic Ave., Bridgeport SOBOL, Sidney J., T/ 4
86 Edgewood St., Hartford SOTOK, Michael S., T/ 5
28 Oxford Ave., So. Norwalk SOULDS, Berkeley, T/ 5
102 Pearl St., Waterbury SOVIA, Ray E., Pfc.
81 Quinn St., Naugatuck SPEERS, Francis L., Pfc.
153 Arch St., New Britain SPENCER, John H., Sgt.
97 Main St., Rocky Hill SPIEGFLHALTER, Wilfred T., T/ 4
50 Brooker St., Torrington STAIB, Clifford V., T/ 4
Plum Trees District, Bethel STABBRANCH, John E., T/ Sgt.
150 Lombard St., New Haven STARKEY, Felix, M/ Sgt.
46 High St., Deep River STEWART, Floyd M., Pfc.
West Center St., Southington SUCHOCKI, Francis E., T/ 4
36 St. Regis Ave., Norwich SUHANOVSKY, Joseph F., S/ Sgt.
1247 Howard Ave., Bridgeport SULLIVAN, William H., T/ Sgt.
99 Atlantic St., Bridgeport SUSINSKIE, Albert A., Sgt.
429 Summit St., Hartford SWASEY, Archie N., S/ Sgt.
76 Queens Ave., Stratford SWINYER, Harvey A., Cpl.
Box 344, Quaker Hill SYLVESTER, Samuel P., Pfc.
44 Bank St., Plain ville SZYMANSKI, Walter L., S/ Sgt.
120 Anson St., Bridgeport TACZLI, David J., T/ 4
103 Portsea St., New Haven TARRY, Walter, Sgt.
48 New St., Seymour TAYLOR, Irving H., Pfc.
30 White St., Bridgeport TEDESCO, Patrick W., Pfc.
88 Boswell Ave., Norwich TOMASSETTI, Anthony A., Sgt.
486 Hartford Ave., Wethersfield TOURNAS, George E., Cpl.
602 Atlantic St., Stamford TRAUTE, Richard W., S/ Sgt.
4 Reed Drive, Wethersfield TURKO, Anthony, T/ 5
1455 North Ave., Bridgeport TURNER, Kenneth J., Sgt.
85 Mill St., New Britain
TURNER, Richard R., T/ 5 29 Broad St., Danielson VanNOSTRAND, Elton H., T/ 5
252 White St., Danbury VENTI, Joseph F., T/ 5
52 Woodbridge St., Hartford VERESPY, William E., S/ Sgt.
2806 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport VIETS, Warren A., Cpl.
Main St., East Granby VITALE, Robert C, S/ Sgt.
380 Atlantic St., Stamford VITTI, Michael A., S/ Sgt.
Box 444, Smith Ridge, New Canaan VLAHACH, Paul P., Cpl.
189 Seaside Ave., Stamford VOTTO, John J., Jr., T/ 3
626 Dixwell Ave., New Haven WALDAU, Roy S., S/ Sgt.
61 So. Beacon St., Hartford WALKER, Cecil S., Sgt.
57 Westcoit St., New London WALTERS, Hubert J., T/ 4
59 Thomas St., West Haven WALSH, Joseph F., Pfc.
67 Montauk St., Bridgeport WALSH, Nelson H., Cpl.
292 Ash St., Willimantic WARD, Norman G., T/ 5
Box 82, Middletown WARGO, Edward L., S/ Sgt.
272 East Ave., East Norwalk WARNER, John E., T/ 5
2207 Dixwell Ave., Hamden WATSON, Elmer E., Pfc.
155 Retreat Ave., Hartford WEHLE, Frank, Pvt.
46 Sedgwick Rd., West Hartford WEISS, Leroy M., S/ Sgt.
16 Tobey Ave., Windsor WENNERBERG, Gunnar W., Pfc.
470 Oakwood Ave., West Hartford WESTERBERG, Frank E., Jr., Cpl.
277 So. Quaker Lane, West Hartford WESTON, Cecil H., M/ Sgt.
2094 Main St., Hartford WHEELER, Fred J., Pfc.
32 Willow St., Stamford WHITE, John, T/ 5
9 Lubrano Pl., So. Norwalk WHITE, Paul R., Sgt.
10 Brenway Dr., West Hartford WIDEM, Irving M., S/ Sgt.
109 Westbourne Pkwy., Hartford WILLIAMS, Albert F., T/ 5
228 Walnut St., Hartford WILLIS, William F., T/ Sgt.
3 Woodbine St., Hamden WILMOT, Alfred R., Pfc.
Roxbury Road, Stamford WILSON, Cleveland G., Jr., Pfc.
765 Brewster St., Bridgeport WINTERS, James H., Cpl.
59 Union St., Norwich YOOK, Lee T., Pfc.
63 Asylum St., Hartford YOUNGQUIST, Arthur D., T/ Sgt.
27 Gerard St., Milford YURKOWITZ, Edward L., S/ Sgt.
Oakdale ZANOBI, John T., T/ 4
Valley View St., Norfolk ZAVATSKY, Alexander, S/ Sgt.
235 Hanover St., Bridgeport ZEISLER, Howard, Sgt.
220 Pine St., Bridgeport ZIBELL, Frederick A., Cpl.
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CONNECTICUT MEN
of the United States Army
Demobilization, Fort Devens, Massachusetts
January 9 to 10, 1946 STATE OF CONNECTICUT
EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS HARTFORD
To Connecticut Veterans of World War II:
Connecticut men have written brilliant pages in the military history of this nation since the days of Bunker Hill. Indeed, in days of peace Connecticut men prepared for war so well that they always have been among the first to fight.
In this, the greatest of all wars just ended, you, as a son of Connecticut, have courageously and faithfully main­tained
that tradition. In fact, you have raised it to new heights. You have added immortal names to the historic list of victories — New Georgia, Tunisia, Cassino, Anzio, Normandy, Ardennes Bulge, Hurtgen Forest, Leyte, Luzon, Ruhr Pocket, Apennines, Okinawa, and more.
Chance and talents assigned many of you to tasks along the supply routes, in hospitals and at bases, or to toil and sweat in such places as the Lido Road and along the Persian Gulf. All this made victory possible. Connecticut men, too, played a glorious role in that part of the victory which is credited in the ledgers of history for the Air Force.
Your fellow citizens in Connecticut are highly proud of your service. And they are very, very grateful.
Yours very, sincerely,
Governor
HERE ARE THEIR STORIES
Military history for the most part is written by non- combatants and the " brass" from official records, " edited" by commissioned officers. War memoirs, too, most frequently record the views and opinions of commissioned officers. Only on infrequent and exceptional occasions is war experience recorded by enlisted men, save for that by specialists or professionals. That combat looks different as between the foxhole and the regimental CP is universally agreed. These stories, without historical pretensions per se, may well be in fact unique source material for Connecticut history. These are enlisted men's stories in their own words and the GI substitutes therefor reported as near verbatim as possible. — The Editor.
Bane, Charles C, T/ 5, Btry. C, Harbor Defense of Boston, Wethersfield.
" We spent most of the time in Boston guarding the harbor in case of attack. It was routine because we saw no action. I'm on my way out and this is the day I've been waiting for a long time. I'm anxious to join the civilian ranks and to take the uniform off."
Bankowski, Steven, Cpl., Hq. Btry., 508th A. A. A. Bn., ( Sep.), Rockville.
" At Zig Zag pass, night time was al­ways
the toughest for me. It was then that the Japs tried to infiltrate the lines and knock out the outposts. I was a for­ward
observer for the artillery and was away off ahead of our gun positions all of the time. During the two weeks of fighting necessary to clear the pass I put in my worst hours as a soldier. Many times the Japs got too close for comfort and I think that if it hadn't been for the guerrillas the only news they would have got from me at headquarters would have been a big silence. I'm glad I can now say there was no Jap sniper's bullet sent over that had my tag on it."
Berg, Joseph , T/ 5, 178th Sig. Rpr. Co., Hartford.
" If it weren't for the war I'd probably never seen Europe. It's too bad that a war had to be the only way I could get to the other side of the Atlantic because they must have had fine countries over there before they were messed up. It's an experi­ence
I don't care to go through again because there was too much worry about
not being alive to talk about it. I'm just thankful I got back and I don't have any regrets that I went over."
Biondello, Ralph, Pvt., Btry. C. 549th F. A. Bn., 9th Army, Branford.
" Late last April we had rolled to about 40 miles west of Berlin when we were told that we were surrounded by Germans using about 30 American tanks. We could not move anyway because the whole bat­talion
was out of gas and our prime mo\ ers needed plenty to haul our 155 Long Toms. Our toughest problem was food, because none was getting in to us, but we solved that by raiding German supplies of food and livestock. For a week we held out like that until infantry support came up to knock out the Krauts."
Brackett, Harold W., Cpl., Co. C, 157th Inf., 45th Div., Forestville.
" When you're in the line, Europe seems to be a lousy place. However, after you get to the rear you begin to enjoy the place more because the fear of death isn't around. I guess the worst things to be under are tree bursts. A hole doesn't give you much protection from shrapnel that is coming down on you from above. From now on I'm going to be thankful that only rain and snow will fall from the sky and not shrapnel."
Brassard, Leo J., Pfc, Btry. B., 745th F. A. Bn., 9th Army, Hartford.
" On March 23d we set up a heavy bar­rage
to support the infantry crossing the Rhine. I was plenty jittery for I knew the Germans would send planes to our posi-
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tion to bomb us so that the Germans could set up a defense against the infan­try.
Sure enough they came, strafing and bombing but we were able to keep firing while the ackacks kept the planes busy. The crossing was a success except for one time when the convoys were stalled on the river because of the heavy traffic. A few men in my outfit had been hurt but none seriously."
Carlucci, Mark A., Cpl., 142d Coast Arty. Gr. ( Sep.), Stamford.
" A few days after I landed in the Pacific I had a letter from my wife telling me I was a proud father, and that was the best news I ever had over there in two years and five days. That is, except the day the news came that after six weeks of waiting, our outfit was finally to come home. I haven't anything to say about being in the Pacific as the only thing that happened to me was that I had to have five stitches taken in my hand when the beer bottle I was trying to open broke and gave me a good cut. On Christmas Day we landed in Frisco and were served a turkey dinner that poisoned 35 of the men and put the rest of us in quarantine all that day. That's a nice homecoming welcome, isn't it?"
Carocci, Albert A., Jr., T/ 5, 2d Bn., 15th Inf., 3d Div., New Haven.
" The worst time I had that I can re­member
was in October of ' 43 at the Vol ¬ untera River in Italy when we were pinned down for four days and nights on the banks while trying to get across. There were lots of attempts made to get on the other side before the crossing was finally made and during that time the Krauts really poured it on us. I was a rifleman at that time and got a real baptizing there. Shortly after that, I was told one day that I was a combat medic so I exchanged my rifle for a first aid kit. At Cassino, five of us medics
were going out to give first aid to some men when an 88 landed about two feet away and instead of giving first aid, we got it. I was sent to Caserta to a hospital and later removed to one in Naples. I stayed there for over two months until I was put on limited service and sent home to the States. I landed in New York, had a furlough, then had more treatment and afterwards was sent to Boston where I worked at the POE until last week when I came here."
Ceccarelli, Armand A., Pfc, Co. D., 320th Inf., 35th Div., Bridgeport.
" After we had relieved the 101st Air­borne
at Bastogne— and the whole divi­sion
got the Presidential Unit Citation for it— we pushed on and a few nights later we tried to find protection from the ice and snow of December 1944 in Belgium by holing up in the hay of an old barn. It was a very dark night and guys were in and out all night, but when we awoke in the morning after a pretty good but damn cold night's sleep, we found someone else had had the same idea. There were eight Krauts mixed in among our platoon."
Crudo, Anthony J., Pfc, 61st Field Hosp., ( Sep.), Stratford.
" I'll never forget the DP's we treated after liberation in Germany. They were starved, beaten and persecuted by their German captors and they couldn't believe that anyone would treat them like hu­mans
again. They were too shocked and surprised by the good treatment we gave them to say much, but their eyes showed the gratitude they felt. If the people in the States saw these DP's they would know what human suffering is and we'd have less complaints."
Giannelli, Antonio O., T/ 5, 1st Q. M. Truck Co., 9th Air Force, Waterbury.
" I was in charge of 12 trucks that had to deliver gas to Metz. We got into the city
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without trouble but on the way out it turned to be a different story. After un­loading
the gas we started back to the rear and German planes came out of the sky to knock out 7 of 12 trucks. We hit the ground because gas trucks explode whether they're full or empty. Two men were slightly injured and we piled into the remaining five trucks and got out of there as fast as possible. During the fighting, Europe was a good place to be away from, but after the war's end it turned out to be a good place because there were many places of interest to visit if you had the chance. The only chance I got was to return home and you don't have to ask if I turned it down."
Gordon, William M., Sgt., Co. L., 357th Inf., 90th Div., Bridgeport.
" The memories of my worst days over­seas
are overshadowed by my best day over there. That was on July 17, 1944, when we started our drive through France. The drive itself was not too spectacular but the preceding events were. That morn­ing
formation after formation of Allied planes came overhead to strafe and bomb the German positions that were about 1,000 yards from our front. I stood out in the open and watched this beautiful sight even though I knew it meant that that afternoon our drive would start and probably our casualties would be high. But by the same token, I knew that this drive would bring the end of the war nearer."
Green, Charles K., Pfc, Co. F., 101st Inf., 26th Div., Milford.
" The first attack I was ever in was the worst. At Moinvec, France, we took off before daylight to attack the German posi­tions
and got pinned down for two hours by the enemy artillery and infantry fire. We lost half of the platoon that night and in the daylight fighting at Hill 310, we
lost half of the company. I don't know how I got out without being hit but I guess that it was just one of those things as a lot of men around me were wounded. I didn't get out in the best of shape, though, as trench foot caught up with me and I was sent back to the hospital for a month and a half. I got back in time to go to the Bulge and got my feet frozen again there. I was again sent to the hospital and got back to the company right after V- E Day. After the war I did occupation work and also did some border patrol duty with the British troops in the mountains in Austria."
Hudson, Frederic E., Jr., Pfc, Co. H., 66th Inf., 71st Div., New Haven.
" We were riding on captured German trucks when we got ambushed on the out­skirts
of Reid, Austria. At first we got pinned down but when we called for mortar fire we were able to drive, the Germans back and relieve the pressure on us. The reason we were so worried is that had the Germans known they had us outnumbered the outcome would have been different. There were about 3,000 Germans to our 600 but they didn't know it."
Johnson, Robert E., M/ Sgt., Hq. Spec Trps., 42d Div., Hamden.
" The personnel sergeant major holds forth at Division Headquarters so his headaches are more like to be adminis­trative
rather than shelling. We had a knotty one on V- J Day when we had completed the re- computation of points for some 1,200 men, and made the neces­sary
entries for each man and re- submitted the revised rosters, only to hear that the regulations had been changed again. To make things worse we had only a day to do the whole thing all over and report again. Discharge points were much too delicate a thing to trifle with so we set to work and worked all night and made our deadline."
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Judge, William T., S/ Sgt., Btry. C, 601st A. A. A. Gun Bn., 50th Brigade, 9th Air Force, Wallingford.
" When the buzz bombs or ' divers' as we called them were coming in on Antwerp, we were dug in in the town of Essen, Belgium, trying to intercept them with our 90 mm guns. We had our best night around the first of March 1945 when in the course of one night our four guns fired 835 rounds, for something of a record, exploding eight of those V- 1s and deflect­ing
about ten or twelve from their course. It was a tough night's work and two of the guns needed new tubes the next day, but we got a lot of satisfaction out of it."
Klepps, Edmund O., S/ Sgt., Hq. Btry., 47th A. A. A. GunBn., 9th Air Force, Bristol.
" The defense of Paris against air attack is an ideal assignment T guess, especially since we only had one air raid on the city itself in the 14 months we had it. In December 1944 a small force of six Ger­man
planes made a brief attack on the Gare St. Lazaire, with very little damage, It was difficult to understand that one raid but we learned after the war's end that they were after General Ike's train which had just pulled in there secretly."
Leddy, Vincent P., Cpl., Btry. C, Harbor Defense of Boston, Mount Carmel.
" I was in charge of the fire protection for the base and can't say that anything exciting ever happened. We had two fires up there, one in the mess hall and the other in the officers' quarters but there was nothing spectacular about that. I'm going back to my job with the Hamden Fire Department where I spent six months as a regular before my enlistment into the Army."
Leopold, Karl, S/ Sgt., 25th Ord. Maint. Co., A. A., Hartford.
" The worst day I ever had was the day my draft board sent me the greetings from
my friends— which ones— and neighbors, and the best day was the one on which I got the orders to come home from the Pacific. I was over there for 22 months repairing artillery guns and all that I ever got was lots of jungle time. Our outfit came to Luzon long after D Day there and things were quiet, so we had no contact with the enemy and I didn't want any either. After that stretch I'm going to start living again, and if I can help it there'll be no more Army for me."
Linnin, James P., Pfc, 2087th Q. M. Truck Co., 9th Air Force, Greenwich.
" The exact date escapes my mind but it was around the 22d or 23d of December 1944 that my outfit was sent up to evacu­ate
the airfields in the Bulge area. There was much strafing and a lot of bombing and we were all mixed up. I was driving a truck and when the rest of the trucks started to scatter, I didn't know what to do or where to drive to. I'm glad one of the officers was able to get things organized again or I think half the company would have wound up in Russia. It feels great being back after almost two years away."
Liso, Nicholas J., S/ Sgt., Btry. C, 187th C. A. Bn., Harbor Defense of Boston, Hamden.
" The only real hot alert we had in almost four years in the Boston Harbor Defenses was on Christmas Day of 1943. We got a call that a submarine had been sighted off Provincetown and we were alerted to stay at our guns all day and up until four o'clock in the morning. We never did find out what happened but the Navy had planes and a blimp out after it."
Lowry, Robert E., Cpl., 303d Station Comp., 30th Depot Grp., 9th Air Force, Putnam.
" I was greeted by bombs on my first trip to London during the second blitz of the city. We were sightseeing when the
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raid started and as we crossed the Thames River, via the Waterloo Bridge, two Ger­man
planes came right up the river. They were flying low and every gun in that section was firing at them. We hit the ground as they flew right over us and I almost could feel the planes go by. I tried to squeeze into the cracks in the pavement because shrapnel from the AA guns was falling back down on us like rain. I was just praying that I wouldn't get hit and was thinking that this was one lousy way to wind up a pass to London by being bombed."
Marinelli, Leno J., T/ 5, Med. Det., 633d T. D. Bn., 16th Armd. Div., Ridge­field.
" On the day before V- E Day we moved in to take Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, and at 12 o'clock on that day the official an­nouncement
was made that hostilities were to cease. We had our hands full with droves of German prisoners many of whom needed medical attention, but I found time to get in on the wonderful celebration that went on all day and night, especially on that real good Pilsen beer. That was the first long stop we had made in a long time and with no fighting to worry about the next day, we really raised hell."
McGuire, Edward J., T/ 3, 123d Evac. Hosp., 15th Army, New Haven.
" My outfit operated a displaced per­sonnel
camp in Wuppertal, Germany, and I would assist in the various duties re­quired
in nursing these people back to health. We received those who had been released from concentration camps and the majority of them were in pretty poor health. We had women and children as well as men and when we bad them fairly well fed and clothed they would move on, most of them on their way back to their homes or what was left of them. My heart went out to the children for they were a sorry sight to see. When I saw the way some of the kids looked I couldn't help but think of the thousands of other children who must have died in the camps. I'm glad we were the victors."
McNeil, Robert E., Pfc, Co. M., 410th Inf., 103d Div., Middletown.
" The Battle of the Bulge was the toughest but I don't care to talk about it. I'm back in the best of health and that is the main thing as far as I'm concerned. I traveled through many cities but Inns­bruck,
Austria, was the nicest. You can see the snow- capped mountains in the background and the beautifully con­structed
buildings all around the town. It's swell being back to the States after a year overseas."
Mattel. Edward, Pfc, Co. K., 289th Inf., 75th Div., New Haven.
" On the night of April 9 of last year our company was marching into Lutendor- mont, in Germany, when we ran into an ambush that raised hell with the whole company and me in particular as I went down in the first burst. The town was already taken— headquarters thought— so we came into it in columns of two's with about five yards separating the men. We were not expecting anything so the first burst took us completely by surprise. I was hit in the shoulder from that first burst which came directly from in front of us. One of my buddies pulled me to the side where I was patched up by a medic. All during the rest of the night, we were pinned down and fought the Krauts off the best we could. They had the town surrounded and we couldn't get out, so it was fight or surrender. We managed to keep them off during the night and when daylight came really went to work on them and drove them off. I was evacuated to a hospital where I got some medical attention and then was flown to a hospital in Paris where I stayed three months. After being in the ETO for 18 months it was tough to get hit so near the end of the fighting, but that was the way it was."
Mattie, Anthony D., Pfc, Co. C, 325th GI. Inf., 82d Airborne Div., New Haven.
" My glider was amongst about 1,500 others that took off from England to make a landing in Holland. While passing over France we ran into a heavy barrage of ackacks and 88s. There were 11 other men with me in my glider and I knew they were probably as scared as I was and that was plenty. We could see the flak strewn around on all sides of us and some of the planes were shot down but most of us
made it Okay. Coming back on the ship we ran into a storm and talk was that there was a 90- mile gale coming our way. Well, it came and we tossed and twisted around in the sea. The water was always washing over the ship and most of the time we couldn't see the sky. The tables in the mess hall were loosened and were sliding from one side of the ship to the other. Everyone in sight was seasick in­cluding
most of the ship's crew. I was wondering if after all I had gone through I would find the end at sea. It took us 18 1/ 2 days to come from France."
Mehmet, Ralph J., Cpl., Btry. A., A. W. Bn., 546th A. A. A., 65th Div., Waterbury.
" The first plane we shot down on the continent was one of our own P- 47 Thunderbolts. We were protecting General Patton's Third Army Headquarters CP right after they had gone into action in August 1944 in Normandy, France, when one day we watched a P- 47 fly over several times. We took no particular notice until we saw him strafe one of our convoys and then come down to make a pass at the CP. We shot him down and he crashed about two miles away. We then found out that the pilot had been a German."
Muirhead, Daniel S., Pfc, Btry. A., 497th A. A. A., 9th Air Defense Comd., West Hartford.
" Our job was to shoot down buzz bombs, and at various times we w^ ere stationed in England, France, Belgium and Germany. On New Years Day last year we were stationed at St. Quentin and we got a raid from the air that was real bad. That was strictly a strafing job and it was the toughest one I was ever in. After the end of the war, I went to Wies­baden,
Germany, as a security guard at the air base there. That was the best
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deal I ever had in the Army and that town was the best place I was ever stationed. The only hitch was that I was still in the Army."
Noonan, John P., lst/ Sgt., 178th Sig. Rpr. Co., ( Sep.), Hartford.
" We were celebrating the Christmas holiday in a schoolhouse in Thaon, France, near the 7th Army Replacement Depot when a lone plane, probably heading for the depot, put an end to our party. The schoolhouse was almost all windows and the light shining through into the night must have attracted him. He dove down strafing the building from all sides while the 165 men inside hit the deck in the corners to keep from getting hit. Luckily there was no one hurt but that put an end to the festivities for the danger of being hit sobered us up."
Previty, Antone, Pfc, Sv. Btry., 114th F. A. Bn., 31st Div., Stonington.
" We hit the Island of Morotai in August of ' 44 but by that time the Japs were well scattered and we didn't have any trouble coming ashore. The one thing that had us on the alert were the nightly air raids. I could set my watch by them each night at ten and they would always be on time. For a while I thought I was in the States because our outfit had in­spections
each and every day. It was kind of silly to have inspections out there be­cause
it was too hard to keep anything clean. I was a cook and it made things twice as hard for me. One day I was cooking and the Japs dropped a bomb about 300 vards from the kitchen. I was stunned but the important thing was that the food wasn't spoiled or upset onto the ground. The heat on the islands was the worst I've seen any place and I couldn't seem to keep cool no matter what I did. It's good to come home to cooler weather because I can put more clothes on than I could take off."
Rogers, Bart J., Pfc, 950th A. A. A. Bn., ( Sep.), Hartford.
" Forty- four months in the Army and 28 of them in the Pacific have convinced me that there is no such thing as a good day for a soldier. Even the pay days were bad as most of the time I owed so much money that I had to pay out what I got. As far as the fighting went, the outfits that I was in didn't have it too bad al­though
we went through three campaigns. Luzon was the worst, I guess, as far as attacks went but even that wasn't any­thing
to work up a sweat about. I'd like nothing better than to say that the Army was a great thing, but what's the use of lying about it?"
Rosenbaum, David, Pfc., Co. C, 275th Engr. Combt. Bn., 75th Div., New Haven.
" The closest call I ever had was in the Colmar Pocket in France. We dug in with the infantry and pushed off before them to clear a road before they started. We got within 100 yards of the German line before they opened up with mortar and 88 fire. There were teller mines we had to clear and we had to do a fast job before the fire got heavier. I got pinned down by fire and tangled in all kinds of wire before I was able to get to my hole. In the mean­time
shells were getting thicker and closer to me and I though that ' this was it.' When I got to my hole I was sweating from fear and not because it was a hot day."
Schinell, John E., Pfc, 58th Inf., 8th Armd. Div., South Norwalk.
" During the Central German cam­paign,
our company was ordered to move into a town that was supposed to have been taken. We got near to the place when suddenly the artillery cut loose and we had to scatter and hit the ground. I managed to get back of a little mound of dirt and I stayed that way for over an hour and a half while those shells fell all around me. That was the worst pasting we ever got, I think, and I got my worst scare there. We finally got out of the mess when the tanks came up and gave us a hand. I went through one campaign in Italy and two in and around Germany. After the war, I did occupation work all over Germany. It wasn't a bad deal but it wasn't like being home and out of the Army."
Shutts, William H., Pfc, 950th A. A. A. Bn., ( Sep.), Waterbury.
" Being with the aircraft spotters, my position was always about 15 miles away from the field. The job was to radio the
news of approaching aircraft back to the field so that they could be ready for them when they came. In Luzon we had a couple of infiltrations by the Japs that brought them about a hundred yards from our positions, but that was as close as they could get as the Philippine guerrillas drove them off in a hurry. Out­side
of those times, things were generally pretty easy for us."
Spencer, John H., Sgt., Btry C, Har­bor
Defense of Boston, Rocky Hill.
" My life was dull compared to combat men because I didn't see any action. All we did was wait for an attack on the East Coast and that never happened. It was a long grind now coming to a fast end and I'm glad that I can get out after 47 months in uniform."
Swasey, Archie N., S/ Sgt., Co. D., 101st Inf., 26th Div., Stratford.
" At Saarlautern, Germany, we were oc­cupying
the same block of buildings as the Krauts on the 12th of February 1945, so it was impossible to go out during the day, but someone had to go out at night for rations. On that night there was no moon so I had to lead a ration patrol out just after dusk; but about that time our telephone wire was cut by machine gun fire and we had to lay a new wire to the CP. As first man in the patrol I carried the reel of wire but because it was rusty and squeaky when we came to a dangerous crossing the men wanted me to go last so that they would have a better chance of making it across without being exposed. I stepped aside and the second man moved out but was stopped cold by a German sniper, zeroed- in on that crossing. We had to wait until it was real dark to bring him in and I knew how easily it could have been me."
Sylvester, Samuel P., Pfc, 126th A. A. A. Gun Bn., 9th Air Force, Plainville.
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" When we were stationed down on the coast near Dover, England, in July 1944 trying to knock down buzz bombs, we were sweating out the chow line one day at noon when one came over and our guns got a hit on her. She continued for a bit then zoomed straight up before coming down in a screaming dive on our camp. All the boys ran like hell for cover and I followed one of the cooks to a hole dug out for supplies. When we came out after the explosion we found that it had landed between my gun and the tents, wounding several men."
Tedesco, Patrick W., Pfc, Co. F., 101st Inf., 26th Div., Norwich.
" We were in a position about a mile from Metz and had received some shelling from the German 105 howitzers but not enough to cause any serious trouble. One morning the word came that we were to move from this position just a few hundred yards down further to another position that was declared safer. Most of us thought it foolish to bother moving but we did and we were glad for it. The following day an anti- aircraft battery moved into our old position and that night the Germans opened up a barrage killing every man there. After that there was no question in my mind as to whether an order sounded logical or not; I just did it without any questions."
Willis, William F., T/ Sgt., Co. B., 67th Sig. Bn., XXII Corps, Hamden.
" My worst experience came during the crossing of the Rhine at Dusseldorf, Germany, on April 23, 1945. The engineers had constructed a pontoon bridge for the crossing and the Jerry artillery didn't take much time to get it in range of their heavy guns. Before we crossed we were in range of their guns and they kept up a barrage that kept us ducking all over the place and when we finally did manage to
cross, the SS troops kept sniping at us. There were quite a few casualties and I had a few near misses but none close enough to cause any injury. After the war was over in Europe I was sent to the Pacific theatre but saw very little action there."
Wilmot, Alfred R., Pfc, Co. B., 1st Bn., 45th Div., Stamford.
" The Anzio beachhead was the worst for me. I was in a foxhole for 23 days without coming out except occasionally at night for rations. The weather was warm which was in our favor but the rains kept the foxholes damp and my clothes were always wet. The Germans would pull a counterattack every other night and on one night had us pinned down for three solid hours. We were on the beachhead for three months because we didn't have enough men or supplies to push on as there were only two divisions there."
CONNECTICUT VETERANS COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET
Vol. IX Jan. 10, 1946 No. 19
CARLETON B. CLYMA, Editor
This booklet is published by the State of Connecticut through the Office of the Governor, as an addition to the souvenirs and memorabilia of Connecticut men who served with the United States Army in World War II. The courtesies and assist­ance
of public relations personnel at the Ports and Separation Centers are here­with
acknowledged.
Copies of this booklet are provided for the men whose names appear on the Muster Out Roll Call, herein. A copy is on file for reference purposes at each of the 200 public libraries in the State.
The personal experience stories were reported by William M. Roth, Joseph O. Keating, George E. Allis and Morris R. Gelblum. The cover illustration of the U. S. S. General Omar Bundy is from an official U. S. Signal Corps photograph.
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THE MUSTER OUT ROLL CALL
Names, rank and addresses of Connecticut men discharged during the period January 9 to 10, 1946, from the official Group Rosters, Fort Devens Separation Center, Mass.
ABATE, Louis P., Jr. S/ Sgt
35 Rosette St., New Haven AGAPIOU, Spiro A., T/ 5
163 O'Neil Court, Ansonia AIETA, Philip F., T/ 5
29 Putnam St., Hartford ALBERT, George H., T/ 3
Golden Hill Ave., Danbury ALTIERI, Frank A., Pfc.
86 Webb St., Hamden ANCTIL, Frederick J., Pfc.
760 Seaview Ave., Bridgeport ANDERSON, Raymond V., S/ Sgt.
Park Lane, New Milford ANDERSON, Thomas H., S/ Sgt,
7 Addison St., Ansonia ANDREWS, Tom E., M/ Sgt.
5 Bouton St., So. Norwalk ANNUZZI, Patsy P., Cpl.
46 Ladding Lane, Stamford ARCHAMBAULT, George W., Jr. S/ Sgt.
305 Maplewood Ave., Bridgeport ARCURI, Albert, Cpl.
210 So. Leonard St., Waterbury ARENA, Louis L., Pfc.
36 Norton St., Waterbury ARGAZZI, James J., T/ Sgt.
35 Austin St., New Britain ARMS, Jarvis H., T/ Sgt.
20 Roosevelt St., Harford ASSENZA, Joseph J. T/ 5
10 Grove Court, Meriden BAER, Frederick W., Pvt.
Worthington Lane, Berlin BAGSHAWE, John C, T/ 5
35 Maplewood Ave., West Hartford BAIRD, Harold C, Sgt.
200 Prospect St., Bristol BALASCAK, John, T/ 4
1680 Main St., Bridgeport BALCEZAK, Zygmunt S., Sgt.
Box 231, Tariffville BALDASTY, Rudolph, S/ Sgt.
369 Hope St., Glenbrook BALOG, Andrew L., Cpl.
138 Whittier St., Bridgeport BALTERA, Cleo, Sgt.
7 Hawkins St., Waterbury BANE, Charles C, T/ 5
Wethersfield BANKOWSKI, Steven, Cpl.
RFD, Rockville BARBER, John H., S/ Sgt
35 West Morningside St., Hartford BARRETT, Thomas J., Pvt.
114 Cleveland St., New Britain BARRY, William E., Pvt.
73 Roosevelt St., Hartford BAXTER, John S., T/ 5
754 Boston Ave., Bridgeport BELARDINELLI, Bino E., T/ 4
81 Sedgewick St., Bridgeport BELL, Joseph T., S/ Sgt.
56 Boulanger Ave., West Hartford BENNETT, John J., Cpl.
1964 Main St., Bridgeport BENNETT, Robert H., Pfc.
43 Myrtle Ave., Milford
BENVENUTI, Silvio W., Sgt.
68 Goshen St., New London BERG, Joseph, T/ 5
555 Albany Avenue, Hartford BERGIN, Francis P., Pvt.
16 Mills Lane, Bloomfield BERTIER, Lester, Cpl.
855 Congress Ave., New Haven BIBEIRO, Antonio M., S/ Sgt.
111 Feeley St., Stratford BINGIEL, Stanley J., Pfc.
89 Silver St., New Britain BIONDELLO, Ralph, Pvt.
Rose Hill Road, Branford BLONDO, Peter F., T/ 5
54 Byram Ter., Greenwich BLOOM, Edward R., T/ 5
9 Main St., Danbury BOLLES, Randolph, Jr., Pfc.
Box 165, Washington BONETATE, Michael J., T/ 5
499 Pembroke St., Bridgeport BONGIOVANNI, Carmello J., Sgt.
57 Belden St., Hartford BONVICINI, Thomas L., Cpl.
166 Dewey St., Bridgeport BOUFFARD, Donald A., Cpl.
751 Woodtick Rd., Waterbury BOYAJIAN, Oscar, Cpl.
45 Deerfield Ave., Hartford BOZUCHOWSKI, Michael P., Cpl.
40 Grant St., Meriden BRACKETT, Harold W., Cpl.
18 Stafford Ave., Forestville BRADLEY, Frederick A., T/ 4
67 Pleasant Ave., Forestville BRANNIGAN, Edward J., T/ 5
34 Russell St., Branford BRASSARD, Leo J., Pfc.
607 Zion St., Hartford BRITTON, John W., Pfc.
24 City Hamlet, Danbury BROWN, George A., Pvt.
181 Village St.. Hartford BROWN, Glen W., T/ 4
1132 Neipsic Rd., Glastonbury BUCKMISTER, Harry R., Jr. T/ 5
151 Cooper Hill St., Manchester BUDOSKI, John G., T/ 4
254 Pratt St., Fairfield BURNS, John J., Pvt.
105 Garfield Ave., Danbury BUTLER, Lindell, Pfc.
57 Horton Ave., Meriden BUZZELL, John A., Pfc.
71 Morningside Dr., Bristol CAMARCA, Michael P., S/ Sgt
55 Brook St., Hartford CAMERON, George M., T/ 5
183 Townsend Ave., New Haven CANNARELLA, Vincent J., T/ 5
320 Franklin Ave., Hartford CARDONE, Stephen, Sgt.
303 West Water St., New Haven CARLETON, Normand H., T/ 5
70 Race St., Bristol CARLUCCI, Mark A., Cpl.
50 Woodside St., Stamford
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CAROCCI, Albert A., Jr. T/ 5
186 Sherman Ave., New Haven CARPENTER. Ralph E., T/ Sgt.
Box 105, Wickett St., Pine Meadow CASELLI, John C, T/ 5
37 Clinton St., Manchester CASTELLON Vincent J., S/ Sgt,
448 Main St., East Haven CAVANAUGH, Alfred J., Pfc.
544 Main St., Stamford CAVANAUGH, Norman L., Cpl.
50 James St., Hartford CAVANAUGH, Peter P., T/ Sgt.
Box 436, Stamford CECCARELLI, Armand A., Pfc.
188 Old Stratfield Rd., Bridgeport CHARBONNEAU, Joseph, M/ Sgt.
210 Goffe St., New Haven CHIANESE, Pasquale N., Pvt.
44 Pearl Lake Rd., Waterbury CHIOFFI, Joseph A., T/ 4
192 Exchange St., New Haven CHITTY, Paul M., M/ Sgt.
518 Norman St., Bridgeport CHRZANOWSKI, Victor C, Cpl.
52 Orchard St., Stamford CIAGLIA, Joseph P., T/ 4
312 Harbor St., Branford CIPOLLINI, Ned J., 1st/ Sgt.
187 Pine St., New Haven CIPRIANO, Michael J., T/ 5
193 So. Leonard St., Waterbury CLANSY, Asa D., T/ 4
205 Bellevue St., Hartford CLARK, Donald W., Sgt.
47 Park St., Plainville CLEARY, Christopher J., T/ Sgt.
179 Fillmore St., New Haven CLYDE, Milton H., Jr. S/ Sgt.
426 Park St., Hartford COE, Raymond E., S/ Sgt.
170 Lincoln Ave., Bridgeport COLANGELO, Anthony, Pvt.
55 Johnson St., Waterbury COLLINS, John A., Jr. Pfc.
61 Garfield Ave., Danbury CONLEY, Dennis A., S/ Sgt.
11 Wilson St., Bridgeport CONTE, Michael, T/ 4
91 Adeline St., New Haven COOKE, Kenneth F., S/ Sgt.
167 Seymour St., Hartford COPELAND, Harry O., S/ Sgt.
825 Woodward Ave., New Haven CORDONE, Louis D., Sgt.
66 Revere St., Bridgeport COSTELLO, James L. R., Pfc.
72 Main St., West Haven COSTELLO, William J., Cpl.
219 Columbus Ave., New Haven COTE, Harold W., Pvt.
52 Sunset Ave., Oak ville COVIELLO, Joseph D., Pfc.
282 So. Leonard St., Waterbury COYNE, Herbert S., T/ Sgt.
323 West Preston St., Hartford COZZA, Charles, Pfc.
51 Hawkins St., Waterbury CRISTOFANO, Herman J., Pfc.
110 Sperry St., Waterbury CROVO, Lawrence J., Pfc.
240 Springdale Ave., Meriden CRUDO, Anthony J., Pfc.
386 Burritt Ave., Stratford CURLEY, John J., S/ Sgt.
138 Austin St., Bridgeport
CZYZNIAK, John W., Pfc.
173 Spring St., Windsor Locks DANFORTH, Lloyd E., S/ Sgt.
33 Norfolk St., Hartford DAVIS, Robert C, Pfc.
105 Columbia St., Meriden DeFORGE, Edward E., Pvt.
453 Barbour St., Hartford DeFURIA, Ralph, T/ 4
401 Post Rd., Darien DeLUCIA, Albert A., S/ Sgt.
50 Main St. Annex, New Haven DeMARCO, Thomas J., T/ 5
209 Pulaski St., Bridgeport DeMILO. Michael, Cpl.
42 Fair St., New Haven DeRAGON, Lionel V., S/ Sgt.
58 Higbie Dr., East Hartford DEROUIN, Albert A., Sgt.
22 Galivan St., Waterbury DESJARDINS, Albert J., T/ 4 110 Quebec Sq., Danielson DESTEPHANO, Louis A., T/ 5
457 Woodward Ave., New Haven DiBIASO, Thomas A., Cpl.
32 Rourke Ave., Southington DICK, Rutherford, S/ Sgt.
56 Spruce St., Norwich DISCKO, John J., Pfc.
182 Weber Ave., Bridgeport DOJKA, Theodore E., Pfc
Elm St., Thompsonville DOMKOWSKI, Walter J., T/ 5
610 East Main St., Bridgeport DONNELLY, John W., Pfc.
60 Norman Circle, Stratford DOWNING, John W., T/ 5 Essex
DRISCOLL, Timothy E., Cpl.
112 Seminary St., New Canaan DUCHETTE, Robert I., Sgt.
104 Crystal Ave., New London DUNN, Michael J., Jr. T/ Sgt.
19 Second St., Stamford EASTWOOD, Lucas L., Cpl.
103 Walnut St., Waterbury EATMAN, Eldridge A., Pfc.
1006 Washington Village, So. Norwalk ECCLES, John J., Pfc.
277 Prospect St., Norwich EICHINGER, Albert, Pfc.
60 Hancock St., Stratford ELLIS, Donald E., Pfc.
Main St., Somers ELLIS, John F., Cpl.
30 Holly Place, Torrington ENQUIST, Franklin R., Cpl.
11 Golf Rd., Wethersfield ERICKSON, Albert S., T/ 4
88 Shepard St., Bridgeport ERTER, Edward T., Cpl.
9 Ridge St., Devon EUERLE, Arthur J., Cpl.
812 Mix Ave., Hamden EVANGELISTE, Samuel, Sgt.
256 Fenwick St., West Haven FAFORD, Roland E., Cpl.
5 High St., Danielson FARRAR, Calvin C, Pfc.
690 Iranistan Ave., Bridgeport FAY, William J., Cpl.
338 Benham Ave., Bridgeport FIORILLO, Michele, Pfc.
74 St. John St., New Haven FONTNEAU, Paul J., Pfc.
88 Main St., West Haven
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FORCHIELLI, Emilio, T/ 5
111 Portsea St., New Haven FORD, Francis J., T/ 5
119 Kent St., Hartford FORTIER, George J., Pfc.
Silver Lane Homes, Manchester FORTIER, James P., Pvt.
89 South St., Waterbury FOTI, Domenic J., Pfc.
264 Walnut St., Waterbury FOWLER, Joseph C., T/ 5
317 Atlantic St., Stamford FOX, Robert F., Pfc.
West Main St., Stafford Springs FRANCINI, Louis J., Sgt.
99 Hawkins St., Derby FRANCIS, Kent C, T/ 5
277 Lyme St., Hartford FREAKLEY, Robert N., Pfc.
159 Star St., New Haven FRIEDMAN, Bernard E., S/ Sgt.
115 Atlantic St., Stamford FULTON, Robert S., T/ 5
170 Atkins St., Meriden FURBISH, George H., Jr., Pfc.
189 Alden Ave., New Haven GACEK, Jacob L., T/ 5
Rt. 5, Newington GADASCY, John, T/ 4
702 Knapps Highway, Bridgeport GAGLIARDI, Joseph P., Pvt.
13 Columbus St., East Hartford GALIETTE, Joseph S., Cpl.
257 Bristol St., Southington GALLAGHER, Charles P., T/ 5
22 Wheeler St., New Haven GALLAGHER, Raymond F., Cpl.
81 Clinton Ave., New Haven GALLUCCI, Anthony J., T/ 4
106 Farren Ave., New Haven GARRETT, William V., T/ Sgt.
220 Huntington St., New London GARY, James H., M/ Sgt.
7 Warner Pl., Waterbury GAUGHAN, Anthony J., Pfc.
143 Humphrey St., New Haven GEE, William J., Sgt.
25 Columbus Pl., Bridgeport GEHRMANN, Ralph L., T/ 5
1 Rowan St., East Norwalk GELLER, Sherman, T/ 4
43 Sylvan Ave., New Haven GENARO, Earl E., T/ 5
1555 Main St., Hartford GENTILE, Frank, T/ 3
21 Dryden St., Stamford GIACHELLO, Eugene, Pfc.
6 Mahl Ave., Hartford GIANNELLI, Antonio O., T/ 5
260 W. Grove St., Waterbury GINGIUS, Peter, Cpl.
87 Railroad Hill St., Waterbury GIOVANNI, Fred M., Pvt.
170 Nicoll St., New Haven GNYLA, Wallace, Sgt.
85 Silver St., New Britain GOLEC, Henry S., Cpl.
44 Alden St., Hartford GOLNIK, Emil H., S/ Sgt.
46 Orchard St., Terryville GOMES, Anthony, T/ 5
129 Greenwood St., New Britain GOODRICH, Stewart E., S/ Sgt.
181 Dwight St., New Britain GOODWIN, George, Jr., S/ Sgt.
763 Burnside Ave., East Hartford
GORDON, William M., Sgt.
Bridgeport GOTTLIEB, Seymour H., T/ 5
134 Wilcox Ave., Meriden GRACZYK, Walter, Pfc.
10 Morrison St., Rockville GRAGAUSKAS, Joseph S., Pfc.
122 Marina Village, Bridgeport GRANDSHAW, Theodore E., T/ 3
421 Main St., East Haven GRANE, John W., Cpl.
60 Wintonbury Ave., Bloomfield GRANT, Joseph H., Jr., Sgt.
171 West Ave., Stamford GRASSO, August V., Sgt.
65 Old Foxon Rd., East Haven GRAY, Walter J., Cpl.
Winsted GREEN, Charles K., Pfc.
112 Lafayette St., Milford GRENIER, Frederick A., Pfc.
133 East Main St., Stafford Springs GRIFFIN, Edgar W., T/ 5
Box 503, Dyer Ave., Collinsville GRZESCZYK, Henry S., Pfc.
86 Gold St., New Britain GUDEAHN, Ernest L., Pfc.
535 Main St., New London GULLO, Joseph F., Sgt.
31 New Hanover Ave., Meriden GURTIL, Richard S., T/ 4
Short Beach GUSTAFSON, Arthur L., Cpl.
Dunne Ave., Collinsville GUSTAFSON, Raymond N., Sgt.
RFD 10, Fairfield GUSTON, Carl H., T/ 5
Box 35, Clinton HALL, Dwight H., Jr., Sgt.
157 Center St., Bristol HANISH, Robert G., Pfc.
191 Orchard St., Bridgeport HANLEY, Raymond G., Jr., T/ 5
83 Taylor Ave., East Haven HAROLD, Robert C, T/ 4
24 Park St., Norwalk HENRY, William J., Jr., Pfc.
3 Steven St., Danbury HERBERT, John R., Cpl.
Box 165, Voluntown HESS, Paul E., Sr., S/ Sgt.
54 Stone St., Hartford HIGGINS, Kyle B., S/ Sgt.
Short Beach HIGGINS, Robert M., T/ 5
90 Smith St., West Haven HILLIARD, Douglas P., Pfc.
94 Roger St., Hartford HINES, Ernest, Pfc.
15 Rose Park Ave., Stamford HOLT, Henry E., T/ 3
10 East Pearl St., Danbury HOMICK, John A., T/ 5
36 No. Main St., Waterbury HOUSEHOLDER, Robert C, Cpl.
914 State St., New Haven HUBBALL, Charles E., T/ 3 309 Cook Ave., Meriden HUDSON, Albert J., Pfc.
106 Meadow St., New Haven HUDSON, Frederic E., Jr., Pfc.
154 Allston Ave., New Haven IANNACCONE, Anthony J., T/ 4
21 1/ 2 Union St., Waterbury IDAROLA, Albert, Sgt.
285 Oak St., New Haven
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INDORF, Donald L., Sgt.
1002 Old Colony Rd., Meriden JACK, John M., T/ Sgt.
79 Brookfield St., Manchester JANELLE, Raymond L., Pfc.
736 West Main St., New Britain JANICKI, Henry R., S/ Sgt.
325 No. Burritt St., New Britain JARVIS, Paul P., T/ 4
9 East Lawlor St., New Britain JEFFRESS, Standford, Pfc.
18 Elm St., Danbury JEVARJIAN, Anthony, Cpl.
45 Elmwood Ave., Bridgeport JOHNSON, Nels L., T/ Sgt.
83 Longvue Dr., Wethersfield JOHNSON, Robert E., M/ Sgt.
81 Cannon St., Hamden JONES, Stanley H., Pfc.
Capen St., Windsor JOWDY, George P., S/ Sgt.
8 South Ave., Danbury JUDGE, William T., S/ Sgt.
236 So. Elm St., Wallingford JUTKIEWICZ, Stanley J., Jr., T/ 4
11 Kilmer Ave., Norwich KACERGIS, Walter A., T/ 4
263 West Hazel St., New Haven KADRIC, Frank P., T/ 4
RFD 4, Bridgeport KALAFUT, Michael J., Pfc.
115 No. Main St., West Hartford KALLSTEN, Eric W., M/ Sgt.
25 Sanford Pl., Bridgeport KAPETAN, Peter L., T/ 5
257 Farm Hill Rd., Middletown KARLAK, John S., S/ Sgt.
10 Hill St., Seymour
KAVANAUGH, James T., S/ Sgt.
New Hartford KEANE, Thomas V., T/ 5
4 Tower Pl., Danbury KELLOGG, Hanford B., Sgt.
473 Laurel Ave., Bridgeport KELLY, Martin T., T/ 5
96 Broad St., Milford KEMPER, Charles H., S/ Sgt.
138 State St., Westport KENT, William F., Sgt.
73 Newton St., Hartford KERR, Edgar T., Jr., Pvt.
718 Campbell Ave., West Haven KLAPIK, Harry, T/ 5
310 Long Hill Ave., Shelton KLEPPS, Edmund O., S/ Sgt.
1245 Burlington Ave., Bristol KLUCEWICZ, Walter M., Sgt.
162 Sisson St., East Hartford KNAPP, John, T/ 5
Box 105, South Willington KNECHT, Elliott O., Cpl.
Box 310, RFD 3, Bridgeport KOPEC, Francis E., Pfc.
25 Frederick St., Hartford KOSESKY, Alexander A., S/ Sgt.
Box 13, Weatogue KOURY, Victor M., Pfc.
380 So. Main St., Torrington KOZEN, Edward J., Pfc.
33 Fuller St., Waterbury KOZLOWSKI, Frank W., T/ 4
Thompsonville Rd., Suffield KROMIDAS, William, T/ 4
68 Tremont St., New Britain KUDROWSKI, Daniel J., Sgt.
28 Kent St., Hartford
KUL, Alexander, Sgt.
19 Daggett St., New Haven LACROIX, Melvin E., Cpl.
Box 5, Glasgo LANDGREN, Robert W., Sgt.
170 Stratford Rd., New Britain LANE, John H., Pfc.
172 Ellsworth Ave., New Haven LANE, Robert S., T/ 4
69 Prospect St., East Hartford LAPINSKY, Raymond J., T/ 5
64 Cooper St., Torrington LaPOINTE, Gerard P., Sgt.
38 Webb St., So. Meriden LARKIE, James F., T/ 5
20 High St., New London LAROPOULOS, Stanley S., Pvt.
118 Rennell St., Bridgeport LASKARZEWSKI, Casimer J., T/ 5
Cross St., Portland LAUF, William J., M/ Sgt.
14 Davis St., Danbury LAW, William, Jr., Pfc.
93 Grennan Rd., West Hartford LAWLER, Martin J., Pfc.
RFD 2, Stepney LAZZERINI, Evo, Pfc.
6 Goodman Pl., Hartford LEBEAU, Ernest J., T/ 5
124 Birch St., Willimantic LEDDY, Vincent P., Cpl.
5 Woodruff St., Mount Carmel LeGRAND, George T., Cpl.
284 Blatchley Ave., New Haven LEHNERT, William K., Sgt.
37 May St., New Britain LENZI, Anthony W., T/ 4
181 St. John St., New Haven LEOPOLD, Karl, S/ Sgt.
1347 Albany Ave., Hartford LEVY, Leo, T/ 4
83 Lennox St., Hartford LEWIS, John W., Jr., Pfc.
26 West Main St., Norwalk LIEBMAN, Morton, Cpl.
45 Lines St., New Haven LINNANE, William F., M/ Sgt.
Pine Hill Rd., East Norwalk LINNIN, James P., Pfc.
Upper Kings Strait, Greenwich LINTEAU, Andre J., Pfc.
11 West Clay St., Waterbury LIPTAK, Anthony A., S/ Sgt.
147 Hough St., Bridgeport LISO, Nicholas J., S/ Sgt.
189 Circular Ave., Hamden LIVINGSTONE, Stanley, T/ 4
74 Garden Dr., Fairfield LOGIE, James V., S/ Sgt.
123 Wheeler Park Ave., Bridgeport LONSKI, Joseph G., Cpl.
36 Clinton St., New Britain LOWERY, Arthur W., T/ 5
53 Barker St., Hartford LOWRY, Robert E., Cpl.
419 School St., Putnam LUCARELLI, Nello, Jr., Pfc.
45 Perry Ave., Shelton LUKAS, Paul, Pfc.
East St., Suffield LUMPKIN, Frank G., T/ Sgt.
177 Allyn St., Hartford LUPO, Arthur A., Pfc.
7 Beaver St., New Britain LYE, Leonard F., Pvt.
327 Noble St., West Haven
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MADORE, Maxime J., Pvt.
27 Sylvester St., Bristol MAHONEY, Robert H., S/ Sgt.
29 Taylor St., Stamford MALERI, Carl J., Pfc.
303 Charles St., Bridgeport MALONIS, Leonard R., T/ 5
154 Butler St., New Haven MARCARELLI, Angelo F., T/ 5
64 Whiting St., Hamden MARGOLIS, Jacques, Cpl.
462 West Main St., Waterbury MARES, Michael J., Cpl.
RFD 1, Baltic MARINELLI, Leon J., T/ 5
Danbury Rd., Ridgefield MARSHALL, Joseph M., Jr., M/ Sgt.
33 Raymond St., So. Norwalk MARSHALL, Norman G., S/ Sgt.
62 Sixth St., Bridgeport MARTIN, Carl C, Sgt
192 Bldg. 60, Success Park, Bridgeport MARTIN, Chester, S/ Sgt.
362 Allen St., New Britain MARTINELLI, Christopher, T/ 5
378 Barbour St., Hartford MARUT, Casimer A., Pfc.
241 Broad St., New Britain MASCIA, Angelo J., S/ Sgt.
264 Main St., Norwalk MASON, James I., Sgt.
392 E. Main St., Bridgeport MASSIMINO, Joseph F., T/ Sgt.
456 Prospect Dr., Stratford MASTRIANO, Anthony, T/ 5
302 Stratfield Rd., Bridgeport MASTROSIMONE, Joseph J , Cpl. 35 Factory St., Ansonia MATREGRANO, Philip R., Pfc. 76 Van Buren Ave., Norwalk MATTEI, Edward, Pfc.
191 Davenport Ave., New Haven MATTIE, Anthony D., Pfc. 467 Legion Ave., New Haven MATTIG, Arthur L., T/ Sgt.
14 Lyons St., New Britain MATURO, William J., S/ Sgt. 625 Grand Ave., New Haven MATYAS, George E., T/ 5 72 Lee Ave., Wallingford MAY, Salvatore, Pvt.
46 Bridge St., Deep River McCANN, George F., S/ Sgt. l5 Aetna Pl., Naugatuck McELVERY, Joseph F., S/ Sgt. 5 West End Ave., Old Greenwich McGRATH, Vincent T., T/ 4 8 Cornelius Ave., Waterbury McGUIRE, Edward J., T/ 3
New Haven McKENNA, John J., Sgt.
85 Sheffield Ave., New Haven McNEIL, Robert E., Pfc.
Newfield St., Middletown McWEENEY, Thomas A., Cpl. 30 Gillies Rd., Hamden MEHMET, Ralph J., Cpl. 73 Ives St., Waterbury MENDICINO, Eugene, Sgt.
86 Bishop St., New Haven MERHILL, Joseph J., Sgt. 5 Cupheag Crescent, Stratford MESEK, John F., T/ Sgt.
2 Colony Pl., Meriden MEYER, Ernest L., S/ Sgt.
153 Freeman St., Hartford
MEYERS, Edmund L., Pvt.
100 Brittania St., Meriden MIERZEJESKI, Edward A., S/ Sgt:
24 Summit St., Meriden MIHALAK, Stephen, T/ 5
7 Woodruff St., Southington MILLER, Leroy, Sgt.
197 James St., Norwalk MILLER, William C, Pvt.
15 Kinnear Ave., New Britain MISTO, Louis I., Jr., Pfc.
201 Main St., Danielson MITCHELL, William L., T/ Sgt.
RFD 2, Rockville MONROE, David T., Cpl.
1579 Broadbridge Ave., Stratford MOORE, Harold E., Sgt.
176 Main St., West Haven MORLEY, James E., Pfc.
28 Thorpe St., Fairfield MORYL, Fryderyk H., S/ Sgt.
353 Prospect Ave., West Hartford MOSELEY, Anthony J., Cpl.
86 Lower Blvd., New London MUIRHEAD, Daniel S., Pfc.
773 Farmington Ave., West Hartford MUNROE, George F., Cpl.
143 Quinn St., Naugatuck NASUTA, Stanley J., T/ 5
130 Washington St. Hartford NATHAN, Richard L., Sgt.
11 Hudson St., Bridgeport NAUGHTON, Francis L., S/ Sgt.
349 Chestnut St., New Britain NEAL, James D., Pfc.
154 Starr St., New Haven NIEDZIELA, Stanley, Cpl.
61 Ward St., Wallingford NOLAN, Harold C, S/ Sgt.
891 Noble Ave., Bridgeport NOONAN, John P., lst/ Sgt.
374 Woodland St., Hartford NORTON, Arthur L., Jr., Pfc.
60 Field St., Bristol OSTBERG, John O., S/ Sgt.
24 Wakelee Ave., Stratford OTIS, Stephen R., Sgt.
Silvermine Rd., Norwalk PADGETT, Raleigh, Sgt.
165 Beardsley St., Bridgeport PAINTER, James E., Sgt.
Woodbury Rd., Star Rt., Watertown PALANZO, Leopold, Sgt.
161 South St., Danbury PALMER, Roy S., Pfc.
Old Norwalk Rd , New Canaan PANKOWITZ, Walter A., Sgt.
40 Herbert St., Milford PAQUETTE, Herman A., Pfc.
12 State St., Windsor Locks PARRINO, Salvatore J., T/ Sgt.
51 Wardwell St., Stamford PARSONS, Harry H., T/ Sgt.
37 Ward St., Hartford PASTORE, Bernardo, Pfc.
377 Park St., Bridgeport PATENAUDE, Donald A., T/ Sgt.
246 Oakland St., Stratford PEASE, Kenneth T., Pfc.
Box 58, Riverton PECK, Marvin, T/ 4
346 Cornwall St., Hartford PERRY, Leon E., Pfc.
592 Garden St., Hartford PERUSSE, Roland J., Pvt.
McNeil Rd., Bethel
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PERUTI, Edward R., Pfc.
135 Hanover St., Meriden PETERS, Michael J., Pvt.
48 Vine St., Hartford PETERSON, Arthur L., Cpl.
20 Douglas St., Hartford PETTEWAY, Lloyd B., Pvt.
209 Cook St., Waterbury PIANTA, Alden A., Pfc.
226 Bokum Rd., Essex PISANO, Gordon F., T/ 4
667 Main St., East Haven PISCITELLI, Angelo, T/ 5
82 Cedar St., Bridgeport PISCITELLI, Anthony C, Cpl.
57 William St., West Haven PISTEY, Joseph C, Cpl.
1445 Pembroke St., Bridgeport PLATA, Joseph F., T/ 5
52 Custer St., Elmwood PLATT, Stanley, M/ Sgt.
76 Rowan St., Danbury PLEASIC, Ralph E., S/ Sgt.
Darien
POKRYWKA, Louis J., Pfc.
RFD, Bridgewater POLTRACK, Henry B., Pfc.
9 Rugby St., Stamford POTZ, Gustave H., T/ 4
21 Divinity St., Bristol PRESSMAN, Paul R., Cpl.
57 Whitney Ave., Bridgeport PRESTON, Wallace S., S/ Sgt.
RFD 1, Terryville PREVITY, Antone, Pfc.
7 Harmony St., Stonington PROFFITT, Joel E., Pfc.
47 Suffield St., Hartford PULASKI, Peter J., T/ 5
338 Camp St., Meriden RACIOT, John H., Cpl.
1225 Main St., Willimantic RADZIEWSKI, Stanley U., S/ Sgt.
South Grand St., West Suffield RANDALL, Harry B., Jr., T/ 5
88 Westfield Ave., Bridgeport RANSOM, Ernest H., Pfc.
East Hartland RAYNOR, Edward, T/ 5
46 Locust St., Greenwich RIBAS, Vincent, Cpl.
4 Hillside Ave., Shelton RICE, Lyman R., T/ 5
652 Orchard St., New Haven RIPOLLONE, Joseph F., T/ 5
1936 Park St., Hartford RITOCCO, Samuel J., S/ Sgt.
541 E. Main St., Norwich ROACH, William F., T/ 5
1175 North Ave., Bridgeport ROBB, Louis M., Sgt.
557 Colorado Ave., Bridgeport ROGALEWSKI, Frank P., T/ 4
38 So. Prospect St., Hartford ROGERS, Bart J., Pfc.
29 Belden St., Hartford ROSATI, Armando, Pvt.
Colton Court, Farmington ROSATI, Maurice S., Pvt.
Riverton, Barkhamsted ROSATO, Louis A., T/ 5
26 Bridge St., New Milford ROSENBAUM, David, Pfc.
141 Day St., New Haven ROURKE, Ralph M., Cpl.
74 Elihu St., Hamden
ROUTHIER, Paul J., Pvt.
25 Canal St., Plainville ROYER, Francis J., Pfc.
225 No. Main St., Winsted RUCKER, Lafayette, Pfc.
48 Bellevue Sq , Apt. B, Hartford RUGGIERO, James, T/ 5
225 Martin St., Hartford RUSANOWSKY, Nicholas P., Pfc
Wolf Harbor Rd., Milford RUSCZEK, Joseph, Jr., Sgt.
156 So. Cherry St., Wallingford RUZINSKY, Charles C, T/ 5
142 Prospect St., Ansonia SAKOWSKI, Nelson J., T/ 5
4 Rose St., Norwich SALAMON, Albert L., Pfc.
138 No. Bishop Ave., Bridgeport SANDNES, Leroy E., T/ 5
52 Ellsworth St., Newington SANDS, Justin H., Pfc.
RFD 5, Danbury SANGSTER, Richard G., S/ Sgt.
70 Elm St., Thomaston SANISLO, James T., T/ 5
1130 Howard Ave., Bridgeport SANTORO, Alfred E., S/ Sgt.
271 Main St., Winsted SARTINI, Paul L., T/ 4
165 DeWitt St., New Haven SARTUCCI, August P., T/ 4
80 Andrew St., Meriden SCARMOZZINO, Michael A., Sgt.
267 Hill St., Waterbury SCHINELL, John E., Pfc.
73 Fairfield Ave., So. Norwalk SCHMITT, Erwin R., Sgt.
Ritch Ave., East Port Chester SCHULTZ, Walter R., Pfc.
170 Front St., Middletown SCHWEBEL, Milton, T/ 4
280 Lyme St., Hartford SEKELSKY, Stephen M., Pvt.
115 Bell St., Bridgeport SENATRO, Leo J., T/ 4
150 Homestead Ave., Hartford SERVICE, Walter, Pfc.
60 Sexton St., New Britain SHABANOWITZ, Bearish, Pfc.
RFD 7, Norwich SHARY, James G., T/ 5
Box 237, Broad Brook SHEFFIELD, John E., Pvt.
436 Farmington Ave., Union ville SHEMONSKY, Ralph, Sgt.
40 Earle St., Hartford SHORKEY, Irving A., T/ 5
57 Hemingway Ave., East Haven SHRIBER, Vincent J., T/ 5
172 Mansfield St., New Haven SHULIK, Stephen, T/ 5
786 Huntington Rd., Stratford SHUPENIS, Joseph R., Pfc.
RFD 1, Woodbury SHUTTS, William H., Pfc.
23 Hershel Ave., Waterbury SILVER, Harold, Pfc.
102 East Eaton St., Bridgeport SILVESTRO, Wilfred L., S/ Sgt.
162 Grafton St., New Haven SIMKO, Stephen A., T/ 4
309 East Elm St., Torrington SKLEPOWICZ, Joseph J., T/ Sgt.
81 Meridian St., Meriden SLOWIKOWSKI, John P., T/ 5
132 Pratt St., Meriden
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SMITH, Duane M., T/ 4
Mine Rd., Bristol SMITH, Edward A., S/ Sgt.
99 Hillcrest Ave., Wethersfield SMITH, Edward B., T/ 5
33 Hallock St., New Haven SMITH, Edward C, Pvt.
Old Saybrook SMITH, Edward M., T/ 5
784 E. Middle Turnpike, Manchester SMITH, Edward P., Pfc.
251 Main St., Southport SMITH, Mortimer L., Jr., T/ 4
111 Prospect Ave., West Haven SMITH, Vernon F., Jr., T/ 5
31 Konomoc St., New London SMOLENSKI, Frank J., Pfc.
Red Stone Hill Rd., Forestville SNIFFEN, Arden L., T/ 4
941 E. Broadway, Stratford SOARES, John P., T/ 5
633 Housatonic Ave., Bridgeport SOBOL, Sidney J., T/ 4
86 Edgewood St., Hartford SOTOK, Michael S., T/ 5
28 Oxford Ave., So. Norwalk SOULDS, Berkeley, T/ 5
102 Pearl St., Waterbury SOVIA, Ray E., Pfc.
81 Quinn St., Naugatuck SPEERS, Francis L., Pfc.
153 Arch St., New Britain SPENCER, John H., Sgt.
97 Main St., Rocky Hill SPIEGFLHALTER, Wilfred T., T/ 4
50 Brooker St., Torrington STAIB, Clifford V., T/ 4
Plum Trees District, Bethel STABBRANCH, John E., T/ Sgt.
150 Lombard St., New Haven STARKEY, Felix, M/ Sgt.
46 High St., Deep River STEWART, Floyd M., Pfc.
West Center St., Southington SUCHOCKI, Francis E., T/ 4
36 St. Regis Ave., Norwich SUHANOVSKY, Joseph F., S/ Sgt.
1247 Howard Ave., Bridgeport SULLIVAN, William H., T/ Sgt.
99 Atlantic St., Bridgeport SUSINSKIE, Albert A., Sgt.
429 Summit St., Hartford SWASEY, Archie N., S/ Sgt.
76 Queens Ave., Stratford SWINYER, Harvey A., Cpl.
Box 344, Quaker Hill SYLVESTER, Samuel P., Pfc.
44 Bank St., Plain ville SZYMANSKI, Walter L., S/ Sgt.
120 Anson St., Bridgeport TACZLI, David J., T/ 4
103 Portsea St., New Haven TARRY, Walter, Sgt.
48 New St., Seymour TAYLOR, Irving H., Pfc.
30 White St., Bridgeport TEDESCO, Patrick W., Pfc.
88 Boswell Ave., Norwich TOMASSETTI, Anthony A., Sgt.
486 Hartford Ave., Wethersfield TOURNAS, George E., Cpl.
602 Atlantic St., Stamford TRAUTE, Richard W., S/ Sgt.
4 Reed Drive, Wethersfield TURKO, Anthony, T/ 5
1455 North Ave., Bridgeport TURNER, Kenneth J., Sgt.
85 Mill St., New Britain
TURNER, Richard R., T/ 5 29 Broad St., Danielson VanNOSTRAND, Elton H., T/ 5
252 White St., Danbury VENTI, Joseph F., T/ 5
52 Woodbridge St., Hartford VERESPY, William E., S/ Sgt.
2806 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport VIETS, Warren A., Cpl.
Main St., East Granby VITALE, Robert C, S/ Sgt.
380 Atlantic St., Stamford VITTI, Michael A., S/ Sgt.
Box 444, Smith Ridge, New Canaan VLAHACH, Paul P., Cpl.
189 Seaside Ave., Stamford VOTTO, John J., Jr., T/ 3
626 Dixwell Ave., New Haven WALDAU, Roy S., S/ Sgt.
61 So. Beacon St., Hartford WALKER, Cecil S., Sgt.
57 Westcoit St., New London WALTERS, Hubert J., T/ 4
59 Thomas St., West Haven WALSH, Joseph F., Pfc.
67 Montauk St., Bridgeport WALSH, Nelson H., Cpl.
292 Ash St., Willimantic WARD, Norman G., T/ 5
Box 82, Middletown WARGO, Edward L., S/ Sgt.
272 East Ave., East Norwalk WARNER, John E., T/ 5
2207 Dixwell Ave., Hamden WATSON, Elmer E., Pfc.
155 Retreat Ave., Hartford WEHLE, Frank, Pvt.
46 Sedgwick Rd., West Hartford WEISS, Leroy M., S/ Sgt.
16 Tobey Ave., Windsor WENNERBERG, Gunnar W., Pfc.
470 Oakwood Ave., West Hartford WESTERBERG, Frank E., Jr., Cpl.
277 So. Quaker Lane, West Hartford WESTON, Cecil H., M/ Sgt.
2094 Main St., Hartford WHEELER, Fred J., Pfc.
32 Willow St., Stamford WHITE, John, T/ 5
9 Lubrano Pl., So. Norwalk WHITE, Paul R., Sgt.
10 Brenway Dr., West Hartford WIDEM, Irving M., S/ Sgt.
109 Westbourne Pkwy., Hartford WILLIAMS, Albert F., T/ 5
228 Walnut St., Hartford WILLIS, William F., T/ Sgt.
3 Woodbine St., Hamden WILMOT, Alfred R., Pfc.
Roxbury Road, Stamford WILSON, Cleveland G., Jr., Pfc.
765 Brewster St., Bridgeport WINTERS, James H., Cpl.
59 Union St., Norwich YOOK, Lee T., Pfc.
63 Asylum St., Hartford YOUNGQUIST, Arthur D., T/ Sgt.
27 Gerard St., Milford YURKOWITZ, Edward L., S/ Sgt.
Oakdale ZANOBI, John T., T/ 4
Valley View St., Norfolk ZAVATSKY, Alexander, S/ Sgt.
235 Hanover St., Bridgeport ZEISLER, Howard, Sgt.
220 Pine St., Bridgeport ZIBELL, Frederick A., Cpl.
31 Greenleaf Ave., Waterbury